Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 To: Major General E.O.C. Ord

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GLC#
GLC08012.06
Type
Letters
Date
1867/03/12
Author/Creator
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Title
To: Major General E.O.C. Ord
Place Written
Saint Louis, MO
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 20.9 cm, Width: 26.7 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

Letter to Ord discussing Ord's difficult and undesirous post-war [Reconstruction] duties in Arkansas, and the approaching war out west against the Sioux and other Indians: "...In case you become military Governor of Mississippi & Arkansas with inadequate form & scarcity of money--Grant and the President unable to help you with money, men, orders, or advice, the [People] pitching into you as a tyrant, satrap & monster, & Congress holding you officially & personally responsible for every row in which a darkey gets worsted, you will wish you were back at Detroit, California or some other Post..."

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