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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02984 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 |
| Title | William T. Sherman to David D. Porter regarding Porter's letter documenting a meeting between Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Sherman, and Porter where they discussed the course to be taken when the Confederate forces were defeated |
| Date | 19 October 1868 |
| Author | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Reminds Porter of a letter he wrote to Sherman last spring in which Porter described everything about a meeting in 1865 where Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Sherman, and Porter discussed the course to be taken when the Confederate forces were defeated. Porter had written up this description at the request of G.P.A. Healy, who painted a picture of the meeting. Asks Porter if he kept a copy of this letter since he sent his copy to Healy and if he could furnish him with one. If not, he requests that Porter recount his memory of the meeting again particularly those parts which were "likely to influence me in offering to Joe (Joseph) Johnston the favorable terms I did." He requests this because Dr. John W. Draper of New York is writing a history of the Civil War and asked for information. He adds that Grant awaits the presidential election results in Galena. "Grant is still up at Galena, as quiet as a Mouse, and as certain of Election as possible." Written as Lieutenant General commanding the Military Division of the Missouri. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union General Reconstruction President Confederate States of America Surrender Literature and Language Arts Election Navy |
| People | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Porter, David Dixon (1813-1891) Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Johnston, Joseph Eggleston (1807-1891) Healy, George Peter Alexander (1813-1894) |
| Place written | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Theme | Arts & Literature; Government & Politics; Reconstruction; The Presidency; The American Civil War |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Porter was an admiral and commander of the Naval Academy. Sherman was accused of offering excessively favorable terms to Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston and his surrender treaty was rejected by the Union administration. On 26 April 1865, General Johnston surrendered his army upon the same terms that General Lee had received at Appomattox on 9 April 1865. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |