to J. Mora Gross

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 to J. Mora Gross

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GLC#
GLC01686
Type
Letters
Date
September 9, 1861
Author/Creator
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Title
to J. Mora Gross
Place Written
Cincinnati, Ohio
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Sherman discusses cadet appointments to West Point for Mora's nephew (the Military Academy did not fill the slots left by seceding states with candidates from loyal states) and how his influence has lessened since commanding a defeated brigade at the battle of Bull Run. He also briefly alludes to his current help to Gen. Robert Anderson in Kentucky and his feeling that "[w]e are in for a long & bloody Civil War."

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