Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) to Ann Chase
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00577 Author/Creator: Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Place Written: St. Louis, Missouri Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 February 1867 Pagination: 4 p. ; 24.6 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy
Lieutenant General Sherman replies to a letter from Chase, wife of Franklin Chase, United States Consul in Tampico, Mexico. States that his "connexion with Mr. Campbell's mission is not generally understood," possibly referring to President Andrew Johnson's 1866 order for Sherman to command troops in the absence of General Ulysses S. Grant, while Grant escorted Minister Plenipotentiary Lewis Campbell to Mexico. Predicts that the government set up by France in Mexico, headed by Archduke Fernando Maximilian, will "return to Europe leaving the Mexicans substantially free to choose their own course." Discusses the continued fight of former Mexican President Don Benito Juarez for Mexican independence. Slightly torn in creases.
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