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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09114 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | William Tecumseh Sherman to Honorable Thomas Ewing on Grant, Halleck and floods |
| Date | 3 March 1862 |
| Author | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) |
| Recipient | Ewing, Thomas |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | On Grant, Halleck, and floods. "I have not the control & direction of affairs which you suppose... Gen. Buell is assembling a very large force at Nashville. Gen. Halleck will and is now transferring Gen. Grant's Army over to the Tennessee...And tomorrow a joint naval & army expedition goes down in front...If Columbus be evacuated the Expedition should go down to Island No. 10 and New Madrid to cooperate with Genl. Pope... But I cannot flatter myself with the belief that I shall be entrusted with any important command, although Halleck has promised me." |
| Subjects | Union Forces Military History Navy |
| People | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Ewing, Thomas (1789-1871) |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime |
| 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 |