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Title: Life and deeds of General Sherman, including the story of his great march to the sea ..
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Generals
Publisher: Philadelphia, National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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absence from armyduty, which was, of course, immediately granted. Hisfirst visit was to the mother whose poverty had com-pelled her to surrender him so many years before, toMr. Ewing. She was then living at Mansfield, Ohio.All through these years, while he was in Florida andCalifornia, they had been in constant correspondence,and he contributed handsomely toward the supportof the family. He returned to Washington, and onMay I, 1850, he was married to his old playmate,Miss Ellen Boyle Ewing, the daughter of the man ofwhom he was the adopted child. The marriage ceremony was attended by a largeand distinguished company. Daniel Webster, HenryClay, Thomas H. Benton, President Taylor, and theentire Cabinet were among the guests. The cere-mony took place at the residence of Mr. Ewing, theold house subsequently owned by Francis P. Blair, onPennsylvania avenue, opposite the old War Department. The wedding-tour took the young officer—hen only thirty years old—and his bride to Baltimore, 40
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ADMIRAL DAVID D. PORTER. A BANKER. 41 New York, Niagara, and Ohio. They returned toWashington in July. Taylors death followed in a few days, and Shermanattended the funeral as an aide-de camp at the requestof the adjutant-general of the army. Shermans rankat this time was only that of first lieutenant of theThird Artillery. In the following September he joinedhis command at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. He had notbeen there very long when Congress increased thecommissary department by four new captains, and hewas made one of them. He was ordered to St. Louis,where he relieved Captain A. J. Smith of the FirstDragoons. His commission bore date September 27, 1850. Sherman resided in St. Louis during the year 1851, and in the summer of 1852 his family went toLancaster, but he remained at his post. In Septem-ber, 1852, he was ordered to New Orleans, where heremained until March, 1853. He then obtained sixmonths leave of absence, and resigned from the armySeptember 6, 1853, to engage in the banki

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