| Title: |
Letter from William Tecumseh Sherman to John Aaron Rawlins, May 9, 1865
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| Document type: |
Letter
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| Accessibility: |
Paid Only
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| Repository: |
Alexander Street Press
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| Collection: |
The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (Subscription only)
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| URL: |
http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/cwld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S1461-D023
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1865
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| Speaker: |
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 1820-1891
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
08-Feb-1820
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Lancaster, OH; Ohio; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Banker; Educator; Military personnel
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| Age at speaking: |
45
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| Document location: |
City Point, VA
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| Document date: |
09-May-1865
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| People discussed: |
Abraham Lincoln; Davis, Jefferson Finis, 1808-1889; Edwin McMasters Stanton; George Stoneman; Grant, Hiram Ulysses; Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885; Henry Warner Slocum; Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830-1909; James Harrison Wilson; Jefferson Finis Davis; John McAllister Schofield; Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, 1807-1891; Joseph Eggleston Johnston; Judson Kilpatrick; Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson, 1836-1881; Kilpatrick, Judson; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Oliver Otis Howard; Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906; Slocum, Henry Warner, 1827-1894; Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869; Stoneman, George, 1822-1894; Ulysses S. Grant; Wilson, James Harrison, 1837-1925
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| Locations discussed: |
Alabama; North America; North Carolina; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Abraham Lincoln; Alabama; Davis, Jefferson Finis, 1808-1889; Edwin McMasters Stanton; George Stoneman; Grant, Hiram Ulysses; Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885; Henry Warner Slocum; Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830-1909; James Harrison Wilson; Jefferson Finis Davis; John McAllister Schofield; Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, 1807-1891; Joseph Eggleston Johnston; Judson Kilpatrick; Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson, 1836-1881; Kilpatrick, Judson; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; North America; North Carolina; Oliver Otis Howard; Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906; Slocum, Henry Warner, 1827-1894; Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869; Stoneman, George, 1822-1894; Ulysses S. Grant; United States; Wilson, James Harrison, 1837-1925
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Arrests; Correspondence; Generals; Government policies; Heads of state; Intellectual life; Law; Law enforcement; Mayors; Military; Military campaigns; Military maneuvers; Military occupations; Negotiations; Politics; Railroads; Supply lines; Surrenders; Transportation; Writing formats; Writing from field
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
S1461-D023-2104
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