William T. Sherman papers

Army officer. Letters from Sherman to Hugh Boyle Ewing, 1844-85; Elly (Sherman) Thackara, 1869-81; Minnie (Sherman) Fitch, 1859-91; Philemon Tecumseh Sherman, 1879-90; and Henry S. Turner, 1854-58, 1872-81; together with miscellaneous correspondence including letters from Winfield Scott Hancock, Philip Henry Sheridan, John McAllister Schofield, and Murat Halstead; the MS. of Sherman's autobiography; and the MS. journal, Notes of travel in Europe and the East, an account kept by Joseph C. Audenried of Sherman's trip to Europe in 1871-72. The material relates to all phases of Sherman's career, especially the periods in California (1854-58), Kansas (1858-59), and Louisiana (1859-61) covered in the letters to Ewing and Turner; and the postwar period, which includes correspondence pertaining to the Hayes-Tilden disputed election. Includes correspondence (1839-88) of his wife, Ellen Boyle (Ewing) Sherman with Minnie Sherman Fitch, Thomas Ewing, and Hugh Boyle Ewing; letters (1910-13) of Minnie Sherman Fitch to Eleanor S. Fitch; and miscellaneous Sherman family correspondence (1832-1948).