Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 to David D. Porter

Reminds Porter of a letter he wrote to Sherman last spring in which Porter described everything about a meeting in 1865 where Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Sherman, and Porter discussed the course to be taken when the Confederate forces were defeated. Porter had written up this description at the request of G.P.A. Healy, who painted a picture of the meeting. Asks Porter if he kept a copy of this letter since he sent his copy to Healy and if he could furnish him with one. If not, he requests that Porter recount his memory of the meeting again particularly those parts which were "likely to influence me in offering to Joe (Joseph) Johnston the favorable terms I did." He requests this because Dr. John W. Draper of New York is writing a history of the Civil War and asked for information. He adds that Grant awaits the presidential election results in Galena. "Grant is still up at Galena, as quiet as a Mouse, and as certain of Election as possible." Written as Lieutenant General commanding the Military Division of the Missouri.