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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08112.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | Letter from William T. Sherman to Henry W. Slocum regarding Reconstruction |
| Date | 7 September 1865 |
| Author | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) |
| Recipient | Slocum, Henry W. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Predicting a quick end to Reconstruction: "The North cannot long afford to keep arms there for local police": "Still, as long as you do have the force and the state now you must of necessity control...my own opinion is that self interest will soon induce the present people of Mississippi to...manage in a kind of [system] that will, like in Maryland & Missouri, change the whole public opinion. They certainly will not again tempt the resistance of the U.S. nor will they ever reenslave the negro". |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union General Reconstruction Military Law Slavery African American History |
| People | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Slocum, Henry Warner (1827-1894) |
| Place written | St. Louis |
| Theme | Reconstruction; Government & Politics; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Friend |
| Related documents | Letter from William T. Sherman to Henry W. Slocum offering help |