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- GLC#
- GLC04931
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 20, 1862
- Author/Creator
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
- Title
- to Philemon Ewing
- Place Written
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Pagination
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Brigadier General Sherman reflects upon his suitability for high command and notes the handicap of having been influenced by his years spent in the South, "I am not fit to be a leader in such a war, and have from the first desired to keep in the background ..." Written from Benton Barracks near St. Louis on stationary marked "Head-Quarters, Camp of Instruction."
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