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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03601.10 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters of the Ewing family to William T. Sherman |
| Title | Charles Ewing to Thomas Ewing regarding William T. Sherman's promotion to Brigadier General |
| Date | 6 June 1861 |
| Author | Ewing, Charles (1835-1883) |
| Recipient | Ewing, Thomas |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his father to inform him that William T. Sherman (Cump) is being promoted to Brigadier General of the three Battalion Regiments. States he will receive a captain's commission in the regular army. Stresses his desire to fight for the Union, "I know nothing more worthy of my ambition than to fight for the preservation of the Government that your Father suffered and fought to make." Asks for his father's approval before he accepts. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union General Union Forces Children and Family Patriotism Revolutionary War Promotion Military Commission |
| People | Ewing, Charles (1835-1883) Ewing, Thomas (1789-1871) Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) |
| Place written | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Sherman was adopted by Thomas Ewing, an Ohio Senator and U. S. Secretary of the Treasury, after Sherman's father died in 1829. Philemon, Charles, Thomas, and Hugh Ewing were Thomas Ewing's sons and grew up as Sherman's adoptive brothers. Charles Ewing achieved a generalship in the army by the end of the Civil War. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Father |