Gen. William T. Sherman Shows a Soft Hearted Concern For the Needy Families of Officers Who Had Served Under Him in the Civil War
He asks his old corps commander, Gen. David Stanley, to assist the ill daughter of one of their former colleagues .
Gen. David S. Stanley commanded a division under Grant in the West, and was promoted to major general in 1863. He served as one of Sherman’s corps commanders in the Atlanta campaign. He played an important role in the victory at the Battle of Franklin, where he was wounded. He remained in...
Gen. David S. Stanley commanded a division under Grant in the West, and was promoted to major general in 1863. He served as one of Sherman’s corps commanders in the Atlanta campaign. He played an important role in the victory at the Battle of Franklin, where he was wounded. He remained in the Regular Army after the war, and ended in command of the Department of Texas.
Autograph letter signed, on his personal letterhead, December 31, 1885, to Stanley. “Mrs. Turner, widow of our old friend Major Henry Turner once of the old First Dragoons, writes me from her place in the country that the family physician has advised her to send her daughter Delphini to San Antonio for the winter. She will send along Miss Constance who has been a long time a member of her family. They will be absolute strangers unless they find Col. & Mrs. Bacon at the hotel. I will advise them to go to the ‘manger’ and then if they need advise to write to you sending this note. Should they appeal to you by letter or in person, I assure you that they are of the best family possible, not only worthy of your most courteous notice, but of the friendship of any officer of the old army. Of course you cannot attend to such cases in person, but can [send] one of your young aides. My inference is they do not want to stay at the Manger house long, but to secure board in some quiet genteel house. If this is not in your line, please refer them to my old Louisiana pupil Labatt. With best compliments to Mrs. Stanley – wishing you and yours continued… happiness, I am sincerely your friend, W.T. Sherman.” Sherman had retired as General of the Army at the time he wrote this letter.
In the 19th century, people with tuberculosis or other respiratory conditions were frequently advised to go South for the winter. Such was almost surely the case here. Another officer whose family Sherman was always intervening to help was Col. Joseph Audenreid.
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