Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 to Ann Chase

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GLC#
GLC00577
Type
Letters
Date
February 21, 1867
Author/Creator
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Title
to Ann Chase
Place Written
St. Louis, Missouri
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

Lieutenant General Sherman replies to a letter from Chase, wife of Franklin Chase, United States Consul in Tampico, Mexico. States that his "connexion with Mr. Campbell's mission is not generally understood," possibly referring to President Andrew Johnson's 1866 order for Sherman to command troops in the absence of General Ulysses S. Grant, while Grant escorted Minister Plenipotentiary Lewis Campbell to Mexico. Predicts that the government set up by France in Mexico, headed by Archduke Fernando Maximilian, will "return to Europe leaving the Mexicans substantially free to choose their own course." Discusses the continued fight of former Mexican President Don Benito Juarez for Mexican independence. Letter is slightly torn in the creases.

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