Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) To: Major General E.O.C. Ord
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08012.06 Author/Creator: Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Place Written: Saint Louis, MO Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1867/03/12 Pagination: 4 p. 20.9 cm x 26.7 cm Order a Copy
Letter to Ord discussing Ord's difficult and undesirous post-war [Reconstruction] duties in Arkansas, and the approaching war out west against the Sioux and other Indians: "...In case you become military Governor of Mississippi & Arkansas with inadequate form & scarcity of money--Grant and the President unable to help you with money, men, orders, or advice, the [People] pitching into you as a tyrant, satrap & monster, & Congress holding you officially & personally responsible for every row in which a darkey gets worsted, you will wish you were back at Detroit, California or some other Post..."
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