Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 [Fragment of speech on the Civil War and its aftermath]

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GLC#
GLC03546
Type
Documents
Date
circa 1880 - 1889
Author/Creator
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Title
[Fragment of speech on the Civil War and its aftermath]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
11 p. ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Fragment of a speech at a Civil War commemorative event, probably given in the 1880s with pages numbered 2-10, and 12-13. Sherman discusses the Civil War, national debt, race relations, and General Ulysses S. Grant. "Some of the Witnesses of a Fierce Civil War, which left half a million of graves; an untold amount of human pain and Anguish; a Million of Widows and orphans left to struggle in a Cold World ... " He denounces those who argue that the Civil War should be forgotten. "I would not for the World renew the Angry passions of that period of time, nor do I question the personal motives of our then antagonists; but I do and Ever will contest the proposition, that we should tear from the History of our Country, the pages which record the Great Events from 1860, to 1870 ... " Written in pencil. Missing page or pages at beginning, middle, and end.

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