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SHERMAN, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861-65), receiving recognition for his command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the scorched earth policies he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States. British military theorist and historian B. H. Liddell Hart declared that Sherman was "the first modern general." War-date Union general Autograph Letter Signed "Sherman" 1pp. octavo, March 14, 1864, pencil, addressed to General George Thomas, and reads in part: "I understood Hooker reported to you this mor'g that I had Lieut Butterfield & Williams to fire forward...I copied him since reported his arrival at the port occupied by Hooker and I ordered him forward hours ago...Send the enclosed note to Schofield that he may know a force remains this side..." Fine condition. On March 17, 1864 William Tecumseh Sherman, met with General U.S. Grant in Nashville, and was promoted to Military Division of the Mississippi commanding the Department of the Ohio, Department of the Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland and the Department of the Arkansas.
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