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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08012.05 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters from William Tecumseh Sherman to Edward O. C. Ord |
| Title | Letter from William T. Sherman to Major General E. O. C. Ord regarding deployment of troops in Arkansas |
| Date | 22 February 1867 |
| Author | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) |
| Recipient | Ord, Edward |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Letter to Ord discussing his post-war [Reconstruction] duties, the deployment of troops in Arkansas and out west to fight in the war with the Sioux: "General Grant has answered me emphatically that he cannot give me more troops. And balancing all the calls from...Montana and the Great Plains I would not think of drawing troops from them for Arkansas. Even if I knew you were drifting to an actual outbreak, because I don't see how we are to avoid war with some 10,000 Sioux, and half as many Cheyennes & Arapahoes..." "Headquarters Military Division of the Missouri" letterhead. |
| Subjects | Military History Union General Reconstruction American Indian History Westward Expansion American West |
| People | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Ord, Edward Otho Cresap (1818-1883) |
| Place written | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Theme | Reconstruction; Government & Politics; Native Americans; Law |
| 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 | Comrade |