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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05507 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | William Tecumseh Sherman to Horace Greeley regarding the Confederate surrender and Lincoln assassination |
| Date | 11 April 1869 |
| Author | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) |
| Recipient | Greeley, Horace |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Claims that the newspaper clamor over the terms of Confederate surrender, including slavery, would not have arisen had Lincoln not been assassinated. Fragment of a letter. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union General Union Forces Confederate States of America Surrender Slavery African American History Treaty President Assassination Lincoln Assassination Reconstruction |
| People | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The Presidency; The American Civil War; Reconstruction |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |