"I cannot say a word too highly in praise of General Sherman's
services, from the beginning of the rebellion to the present day.
Suffice it to say, the world's history gives no record of his superiors,
and but few equals.

"U. S. GRANT, Lieut. Gen'l."

CHICAGO:

HENRY M. SHERWOOD, PUBLISHER.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865,
BY REV. F. SENOUR,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Northern District of Illinois.

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
AUG 18 1971

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DEDICATION.

TO THE

BRAVE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS

WHO FOLLOWED

THEIR NOBLE LEADER,

Major General William T. Sherman,

THROUGH

LONG MARCHES AND HARD-FOUGHT BATTLES,

AND WHO HAVE

CROWNED THEMSELVES WITH GLORY,

THIS WORK IS

MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

BY

THE AUTHOR.

PREFACE.

"Never name your child after a living man," said a very wise man to the author of this volume. As we do not know what the future of any man will be, it may be unwise to honor him by giving his name to your child. For a similar reason, it may be injudicious to write the history of a living man.

Whatever the future history of General W. T. Sherman may be, the world witnesseth that he has carved out for himself a name and a place in history, and won a home in the hearts of his countrymen, that can never be blotted out. It is our hope and prayer to God, that no act of his in the future may tarnish his great name and heroic deeds.

It is because General Sherman has occupied so prominent a place in many of the most important and stirring scenes of the great war against the rebellion, that we have endeavored to cull the most important facts and incidents, and make as full and fair a record of them as can now be done, in order that as little as possible of valuable history may be lost to posterity.