Sherman, William Tecumseh

Autograph letter signed ("W.T. Sherman"). 4 pages (8 x 5 in.; 202 x 129mm), Washington, D.C., 9 June 1876, to General Ord; on stationery of the "Headquarters Army of the United States": two puncture holes at top and bottom right margin of the conjugate leaves affecting a few characters of a few words of text. Red linen folding case, red morocco spine with leafy green morocco inlays, green morocco lettering pieces.

Helping an officer after the war. Sherman gives his approval to Ord to employ General Bragg. He writes: "I am perfectly willing that you Should give Employment to Genl Bragg, because I know him to be perfectly capable & honorable in an Eminent degree—I feel deeply for his poverty and you may tell that i shall always be willing to help him when in my power—The Civil War has made a terrible impression and bears . . . heavily on the Officers of the Old Army, who are supposed to have been guilty of a breach of oath  & faith by going against the Government—Bragg was out of Service long before the War broke out . . ." He closes noting he knew Bragg personally around 1867 and has "a good opinion of him."