Ewing, Charles, 1835-1883 to Thomas Ewing
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03601.10 Author/Creator: Ewing, Charles, 1835-1883 Place Written: St. Louis, Missouri Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 June 1861 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 16.6 cm Order a Copy
Writes to his father to inform him that William T. Sherman (Cump) is being promoted to Brigadier General of the three Battalion Regiments. States he will receive a captain's commission in the regular army. Stresses his desire to fight for the Union, "I know nothing more worthy of my ambition than to fight for the preservation of the Government that your Father suffered and fought to make." Asks for his father's approval before he accepts.
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