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Selected Correspondence of William T. Sherman, 1860-1865. Edited by Brooks D Sherman, William T. Sherman’s Civil War: Selected Correspondence of William T. Sherman, 1860-1865. Edited by Brooks D. Simpson and Jean V. Berlin. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. Election of 1860 in Louisiana, preferred Bell, did not vote, 6 Thinks hard feeling will subside after election and peace settle on the country, 6 Lincoln election and consequences, 7 Seizure of Federal property in Louisiana, secession sentiment, 8 Likely secession of South Carolina and deep South, importance of Mississippi River, 8-9 Newspaper reports of coming secession; he cannot go with disunion, 10 Governor Moore, secession feeling in Louisiana, rails against slaves and race question, 11 Schools, boys’ morality, 12 Secession sentiment in New Orleans and call of legislature into session, importance of Mississippi River, 13-15 Will state in Louisiana as long as state remains in the Union, will quit when convention secedes, 14-15 Popular democracy and failure to enforce the law. Secession will take place, 16 Defends slavery but secession will endanger slavery, 16 Possible openings in army, 16-17 Explains to daughter that southerners think people from Ohio are trying to steal their slaves, 18- 19 Possible secession of Louisiana and whether to stay in Louisiana, 20, 23-24 Fort Moultrie, Sumter crisis, Anderson, 20 Secession of Louisiana, Anderson, Buchanan, Sumter, Winfield Scott, 22-23 Secession unjustified, enforce fugitive slave law, reckless paper money and taxation, mob rule, 24 Mail, post office in New Orleans, 24 Will stay as long as Louisiana remains in Union but will not betray U.S. government, 26-27 Irregular, vigilante justice Rapides Parish, 26-27 See danger of anarchy everywhere, 27 South Carolina secession, Buchanan, Anderson, Sumter, 28-29 Secession and irrationality, 28 Army only hope for the country, 28, 30 Secession, democracy and law, 30-31 Louisiana convention, 32 His job in Louisiana precarious, has no prospects in Ohio, 32-33 Alabama forts, 33 Louisiana secession elections, forts, state finances, 35 Criticizes having Seward and Chase in Lincoln’s cabinet, 35 Charleston Harbor, Star of the West, 35-36 Seizure of forts and soldiers as acts of war, 37-38, 40 Needs a job if he is to come back to Ohio, 38-39 Sherman wants to turn over arms to a responsible person, writes to Governor Moore, 41-42 Governor Moore and seizure of the forts, 43-44 Lincoln will take office, there will be war, tariff duties must be collected, 44-45 Arms seized by state, Governor Moore, 45 1 Making a living, possible military service again, 46 Notes secession wave and disparages democracy and crowd psychology, 47 Departure from Louisiana Seminary of learning, 48-49 Missouri may not secede but will be in turmoil, disparages politicians, blind interest of slaveholders, 49 Holding forts, Sumter, state of war, 50 Favors concessions to border states, 51 Deep south states see slavery in danger, sees war coming, 51 Kansas to be admitted as a state, 53 Secession is treason regardless of democracy, 53-54 Need for force in government, 54 Future plans, religion, 55 Secession, New Orleans, tariff, 56-57 Bragg, 57 John Sherman, election to Senate, 63, 66 Jefferson Davis getting the best officers, North and South, 63 Union and slavery, 63 Blairs, 64 Slavery not a reason for disunion, southern slavery is mild, 65-66 Believes in Crittenden plan but also believes in coercion on secession, 66 Military appointments, politics, 66-67 Interested in a military appointment, 67 Family finances, 68 Republicans, Lincoln has been partisan in office, 69 Frank Blair wants him to raise a regiment but he cannot afford to volunteer, 70 Lincoln does not want military men and Ohio has always ignored him, 71 Sees Kentucky and Tennessee as keys to the future, 72 Comments on southern forts and Baltimore, 72 Missouri affairs, Frank Blair, Germans, 73 Virginia secession, 73-74 Missouri secession, Frank Blair, 74, 77 McClellan, Sherman, Denison, 74-75 Lincoln’s call for troops, 76 Doubtful about crushing rebellion, real fight will be along the Mississippi, 77 Sherman and Cameron, 78 Would prefer service with the regulars, 79 Shooting, St. Louis, troops, Camp Jackson, 80-81 Extremism in Missouri, secession, 82 Defends Lincoln policy, fate of Missouri is sealed, 83 Importance of the Union and the Mississippi river, 84 States’ rights in the South, 85 Praises Robert Anderson, 85-87 Nathaniel Lyon, Frank Blair, 87 Officer appointments, 88-91 McDowell, McClellan, Wool, 88 Preparing to enlist and reducing staff of railroad, accept appointment as colonel, 89 2 Better to serve in regulars than in militia, 89 Dan McCook, 89-90 Affairs in Missouri, 90 Frank Blair, future of slavery, 91 Lincoln should have called for more troops, 91 Not ready to Quartermaster General or Major General, 92-93 Missouri peace agreement, Harney, Blair, Lyon, 93 Need for invading armies to conquer the peace, 95 Lincoln and Sherman’s civil war service, 96 Still not sure if he is really to be appointed a colonel, 97 Criticizes appointments of Pope, Reeder, Fremont Winfield Scott’s plans, 97-98 Real war, length of war, leadership, 98 Cameron and party patronage, 98-99 England, cotton, slavery, self-interest, 99 Corruption, 99 Sherman or Meigs Quartermaster General, 100 George H. Thomas, 100-101 Washington, appointments of general and colonels, 102 Winfield Scott, 102. 105 First Bull Run campaign, 103ff Washington forts,. 106 Beauregard, 107 Notes women he used to know who are now Confederates, 109 Writes to wife about their children, 117 Expects long war, 117 Worried about lack of discipline among army volunteers, 119 Shameless flight from Bull Run, 121 People have courage but no government, 122 Lack of discipline of troops at Bull Run, 122 Thinks Beauregard could have entered Washington, 125, 128 Newspaper will tell untrue stories about the battle, 125 Length of war, McClellan, regulars, volunteers, 126 Democracy vs. slavery, 127 McClellan cautious, southern army in bad a shape as ours, needs more regulars, 127 Volunteers destructive and many civilians asked colonels for guards, 128-29 Robert Anderson, Sherman to be sent to Kentucky, 131 Soldiers who will not do their duties, 132 Robert Anderson, Andrew Johnson, Unionists in Tennessee and Kentucky, 132-33, 134-35 Soldiers clamoring for discharges on frivolous grounds, 133 McClellan expects Beauregard to attack Washington, poor condition of troops, 133-34 Kentucky sentiment, Unionism, 136 Need to call up more troops in Midwest, Mississippi as decisive theater of combat, 136 Thomas Francis Meagher, 137 McDowell, 137 Kentucky, Unionism, Fremont proclamation, 137-38 3 John C. Fremont, corruption, 138 Missouri affairs, 138-40 Criticizes volunteers, 141 Weak Kentucky troops, Louisville, 141 Volunteers destroying and plundering and turning people against us, 142 Kentucky--young active secessionists, passive stay at homes for Union and peace, 143 Sees need for 100,000 troops in Kentucky, 143 People complain of slightest things and we would be readily attacked by people if defeated, 144- 45 Fremont, 144 Kentucky people flocking to Buckner, 145 Lincoln, Kentucky, in OR, 146 Feels forebodings of danger, 147 Headache, cigars, 147 Situation in Kentucky, 148-50 Position of troops and affairs in Kentucky, in OR, 150-52 Complains of not having enough men, needs 200,000 men in Kentucky, 153 Have no arms for the Kentucky regiments, 153 Should have had 50,000 men in Kentucky and that would have taken care of the situation, 154 Fears going crazy, 154-55 John J. Crittenden lives in the past, 155 Sees great danger in Kentucky, Lincoln and Chase have ignored his warnings, 156-57 Report of McClellan on conditions in Kentucky, does not trust Home Guards, 158 Kentuckians allied with Confederates; cannot protect Unionists, fears simultaneous attacks on Louisville, St. Louis and Cincinnati, 160 Report in Cincinnati newspaper that Sherman is insane, 161-65 Describes conditions in Kentucky, Buell reinforced but Sherman still worried, 161ff Halleck, 164 Will try to be a better husband, 170 Kentucky problems, possible libel action, `171 Pessimistic about the war, supports the president, 171 Notes effects of his former ties to the South, 173 Fells sense of disgrace for having exaggerated Confederate threat in Kentucky, did consider suicide, 174 Explains situation in Kentucky to his brother John, 175ff Smoking and drinking, 179 Burning of bridges in east Tennessee, 180 Explaining his order George H. Thomas to pull back, 181-82 East Tennessee, 182 Thinks Buell can manage commander better than Sherman, 182-83 Condition of Missouri, 183, 185 Feel disgraced by surrendering command in Kentucky, 185 Overrated southerners’ power but not their determination and purpose, 186 Ethan Allen Hitchcock, 188-89 Halleck promises him a command, 190 Fort Donelson, 191-92 4 Regrets past and apologizes for his failures, 192, 196 Halleck and McClellan, 193 Doubtful about southern Union sentiment, 195 Doubts welcome of people along Tennessee river, 195 Rumors that Yankees take all the pretty girls and leave the old ones for slaves, 197 East Tennessee, 199-200 Shiloh, 201ff Horse, orderly killed in battle, 201 Newspaper reporters, 203 McClellan and Kentucky, 204 Wound, 207-8 Enlisted men and volunteer officers not criticized by the politicians, 209 Lack discipline, 210 Denies being surprised at Shiloh, Halleck, Lincoln, 210, 212 Complains of newspapers and military commentary, pp. 211-12 Had to closely instruct untrained troops at Shiloh, 213-14 Uniforms, 214 Halleck, 214-15 Behavior of troops and officers at Shiloh,
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