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[CIVIL WAR]. SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH, 1820-1891, General. Autograph letter signed ("W.T. Sherman") as Brigadier General, to Dr. O.C. Alexander, "Camp before Corinth, Miss[issippi], 12 May 1862. 1 page, 8vo.
SHERMAN WRITES EN ROUTE TO CORINTH
The Union commander gives reassurance to a worried parent or friend of one of the soldiers in his command: "The young Gentleman of whom you Enquire is with his Regiment and says he has written to you, of course relieving you of all anxiety. [I]n his account, he is well, having passed through the Battle unharmed..."
General Halleck (1815-1872), Commander of the Department of Tennessee, advanced cautiously on Corinth from 29 April to 10 June 1862. He expecting strong oppositon, but met only minor resistance at Farmington, Seven Mile Creek and Russell's House. The present letter may have been written by Sherman after one of these skirmishes. Halleck began preparing to bombard Corinth on 25 May, but Confederate General Beauregard realized the necessity of abandoning the city in order to save his army and left during the night of 29-30 May 1862.
SHERMAN WRITES EN ROUTE TO CORINTH
The Union commander gives reassurance to a worried parent or friend of one of the soldiers in his command: "The young Gentleman of whom you Enquire is with his Regiment and says he has written to you, of course relieving you of all anxiety. [I]n his account, he is well, having passed through the Battle unharmed..."
General Halleck (1815-1872), Commander of the Department of Tennessee, advanced cautiously on Corinth from 29 April to 10 June 1862. He expecting strong oppositon, but met only minor resistance at Farmington, Seven Mile Creek and Russell's House. The present letter may have been written by Sherman after one of these skirmishes. Halleck began preparing to bombard Corinth on 25 May, but Confederate General Beauregard realized the necessity of abandoning the city in order to save his army and left during the night of 29-30 May 1862.