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(CIVIL WAR.) SHERMAN, WILLIAM T. Autograph Letter Signed, to Hon. Robert McLean, inviting him to review the fleet from the U.S.S. Wabash at Nice with
(CIVIL WAR.) SHERMAN, WILLIAM T. Autograph Letter Signed, to Hon. Robert McLean, inviting him to review the fleet from the U.S.S. Wabash at Nice with Elisha Washburn, General Webb and others. 2 1/2 pages, folded 8vo sheet, separated into two sheets, Headquarters Army of the United States stationery [but crossed out by Sherman]. [France, 1871]
- Notes: Sherman (1820-91) Union officer, fought at first Bull Run and Shiloh, placed in command of the XV Corps fighting in the West and capturing Vicksburg, began his infamous March to the Sea in November 1864 which eventually led to the fall of Atlanta, after the war Sherman became General of the U. S. Army. In 1871, Rear Admiral James Alden took command of the Mediterranean Squadron and invited Sherman with him, who then toured Europe that year.
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