MIF.KMAN. \VII.I.I.\M TK( I MM || 



in tin- wind. I recall tin- visit of a \miiiif i_-viitli man 



\\ho lutil been Kcllt from .lacksoll |i\ llic (, ..Minor ! 



-i|'|'i to confer with (iovcriior .M'>r<-, tln-n mi 

 hia ("Imitation ut Hn\nu K"bcrt, un<l who hu>l cmc 



ur collcL'c. lit- spoke to me "|>elllv "I 



(H-oetwion tu* ii ti\cd fact, anil that it- ill-tail* were only 

 left open for discussion. I also recall tlic visit nf 

 onte man who wo* aaid t" in- a hiirh officer in Un- 

 order of "Knight* of the (loiden circle," nf tin- e\ 

 istcnce of which order I was even ignorant until ex- 

 plained to nifl.y Major Smith ami lr. (lark. Hut in 

 November, !"'". n.> man ever approached me "tlcii- 

 si\ely to ascertain my views or my proposed course 

 of action in ease ofMOeuion, ami no man in or out of 

 authority ever tried to induce me to take part in steps 

 designed to Icacl toward disunion. I think my general 

 opinions were well known and understood, viz., that 

 --ion was treason, was /rur"; and that in no 

 event could tlie North ainl West permit the Mississip- 

 pi river to puns out of their eontrol. 



On .Ian. 18, 1861, Sherman wrote a letter to 

 (iov. Moore, of Louisiana, in which he said: 



\~ I occupy a jwow-military position under tlie 

 laws of the State, 1 deem it proper t<> acquaint you 

 that I aeeepted sueh position when Louisiana was 

 a Stati' in the I'liion, and when the motto ot' this 

 seminary was inserted in marble over the main door: 

 By tlie liberality of the (leiieral Covernmcnt of the 

 United States. '1'he t'niou esto pfrpetva." 1 " 1 Hcci-nt 

 events foreshadow a great change, and it becomes all 

 men to choose. If Louisiana withdraw from the Fed- 

 eral I'nion, I prefer to maintain my allegiance to the 

 'oiistitutioii as long ns a fragment of it survives, and 

 my longer stay here would be wrong in every sense 

 of the word. In that event, I beg vou will send or 

 appoint some iiuthorixed agent to take charge of the 

 arms and munitions nf war belonging to tlie State, or 

 advise me what disposition to make nf them. And 

 furthermore, B President of the Board of Supervisors, 

 I 1 MX' you to take immediate steps to relieve me as 

 superintendent the moment the State determines to 

 secede, for on no enrthlv account will I do any act or 

 think any thoii'.-lit hostile to or in defiance of tlie old 

 (i"\ eminent of the I'nited States. 



In February he severed his connections with 

 the institution, and on parting with him its 

 Hoard of Supervisors adopted this resolution: 



ftefolri'tl. That the thanks of the Board of Super- 

 visors are dm-, and are hereby tendered, to Col. A\ ill- 

 iam T. Sherman for the able and efficient manner in 

 which he has conducted the att'airs of the seminary 

 (hiring the time the institution has been under his 

 control- -a period attended with unusual difficulties, 

 re(|iiirinif on the part of the superintendent to sue 

 cess fully overcome them a h'nrh order of administra- 

 tive talent. And the board further bear willing tes- 

 timony t the valuable services that ('"1. Sherman 

 has rendered them iii their efforts to establish an in- 

 stitution of learning in accordance with the beneficent 

 design of the State and Federal governments; evinc- 

 iniT at all times a readiness to adapt himself to the 

 ever-varying requirements of an institution of learn- 

 in-r in it's infancy, strugirlinir to attain a position of 

 honor and useful i. 



About tlie 1st of Miirrh Sherman returned t<> 

 Ohio. At the sain" time he v\:is >(Tere<l the 

 sn|H-riiiteii(lcncyof the Fifth Street Railroad, in 

 St. Louis, and on April 1 beaatamed the duties 

 of the ollice. On May 11 he was appointed 

 colonel of the Thirteenth I'nited States In- 

 fantry, whereupon he resigned his place in S'. 

 Louis and reported at the War Department in 

 Washington. He says in his Memoirs": 



The appearance of the tn.ps about Washington 

 was irood. but it was manifest they were far from U-- 

 inir soldiers. Their uniforms were as various as the 



StuN-pi mid eiti,- from whi<-li tin v <-IIM- ; thi-ir 



wi re u|.oi.i"i-\,-r\ putl.rn and oallber; : 



MI louili-d down iii, kiiaj. 



haekc, tnt. mid ba0aj*fthat it t<-k > 



"iU,'"|l tn move the eull.p "I" a li^lll.it! f| 



I'hu-i- to uhoihi-r. uinl f 



lilld ciH.kin.' < otiihlichliirtltK that w-.lild ha\c (lone 



credit to |ii liiM.n 



The tamper of i'ongmw and tin- j^.pii %n.i, 



p*-rniit the slow uiid meth<li.-l j.n-j.nrntion . 



i.\ (iin. Scott ; und tin . t\ ..i -ill, t,, Ki,-j,n 



w hidi wan diarcd \>\ the vulunte* whom 



had only eiiL'au'ed for ninety du)s. t..r.-..| (,, 



to batten his i. reparations, and to order u general ad 



Vance about the middle of .Inly. M>-|lui-il wan to 



move from the deli uses ..| Wavbington, avd I'atter- 



hon frmii Murtinsburg. 



Sherman was assigned to the < omnmnd of Ihc 

 Third Hrigade in the First Division iTyl. 

 McDowell's army. His brigade was nmde up of 

 the Thirteenth, Sixty-ninth, and S-vciity-nmlh 

 New York and the Second Wisconsin 

 ments, and Avre-'s batten- wa^ attaelnil to it. 

 The inarch to IfaiMMMM, he >a}s. > deuion>truli d 

 little save the general laxity of discipline, for 

 with all my personal efforts I could not pre- 

 vent the men from stragglinp for water, black- 

 berries, or anything Of! the wav they fancied." 



At Hlackluirn's Ford, on July 1H. the advance 

 of Sherman's brigade developed the pre-enee of 

 the enemy on the other side of Hull Hun. In 

 the action of the 21st known as the battle of 

 Hull Ran. OF Manaani Sherman led his brigade 

 with skill, suffering a loss of (JOG in killid. 

 wounded, and missing. He appears to think 

 that the famous panic originated among his 

 men. for in his official re|Krt he -a\s : i 

 (on a ridge where one of his regiments was en- 

 gaged), "about half-past :< r. M., In-gan the scene 

 of confusion and disorder that characterized the 

 remainder of the day." After the n treat : 

 himself to the task of restoring discipline to his 

 command, and preparing the defensive works 

 for the Confederate attack that was dai! 



Cei-ted. Shortly afterward he was commissioned 

 Headier-general of volunt< 

 On Aug. 24 he was assigned to the IVj ail- 

 ment of the Cumberland, the command of which 

 was given to (ien. l.JoU rt Andcrsi.n. with whom 

 Sherman had served nearly twenty years I 

 at Fort Moultrie. His anxieU was that a proj-i-r 

 force should be sent into Kentucky. All the 

 troops that were being organ i/ed and ejuippol 

 so rapidly were sent either to McClellan at the 

 East or to Fremont in Missouri, and hewn- 

 oh a fruitless errand to Indianapolis and St. 

 Louis to get forces to meet the expected inva- 

 sion of Kentucky. On Oct. S (Jen. Anderx-n. 

 from failing health, relinquished his command 

 of the department, and Sherman succeeded to it. 

 In an interview with the Secretary of Wav 

 was passing through Louisville. Gen. Sherman 

 urged the importance of the line in Kentucky, 

 and argued that, for a proper dcfcn-e .f it, ho 

 should have (i().MK) men at om c. and that for 

 offensive operations _>( O.IMIO would IK> needed 

 before the end. This was lauirhed at, and by 

 some he was siippo-i d tn le slightly insane. 



In November he was rclie\.d bylim. 

 and transferred (> the Depnrlinent i'f tli< 

 souri. then commanded by (Jon. HalliTk. 

 ing the winter Sherman commanded a camp of 



