Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 To: Major General E.O.C. Ord

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GLC#
GLC08012.05
Type
Letters
Date
1867/02/22
Author/Creator
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Title
To: Major General E.O.C. Ord
Place Written
Saint Louis, MO
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 25.4 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

Letter to Ord discussing his post-war [Reconstruction] duties, the deployment of troops in Arkansas and out west to fight in the war with the Sioux: "General Grant has answered me emphatically that he cannot give me more troops. And balancing all the calls from...Montana and the Great Plains I would not thinnk of drawing troops from them for Arkansas. Even if I knew you were drifting to an actual outbreak, because I don't see how we are to avoid war with some 10,000 Sioux, and half as many Cheyennes & Arapahoes..." "Headquarters Military Division of the Missouri " letterhead.

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