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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.15 (search)
General Johnston's surrender. Did the terms Sherman offered carry out Lincoln's policy? Senator Sherman, in his eulogy of his brother, said they did, and the Honorable George C Gorham writes a letter to prove that they did Not—he also shows that Grant disapproved of the agreement before he submitted it to the President. [New York Sun, April 11, 1892.] Washington, April 10th. George C. Gorham has written the following open letter to Senator Sherman, respecting the latter's statement about the terms of Johnston's surrender in his recent eulogy of General Sherman at New York: Honorable John Sherman, United States Senate. dear Sir—In your recent address in New York on the character and public services of your illustrious brother, General W. T. Sherman, you made the following reference to the terms proposed by him for the surrender of the forces of General Joseph Johnston and other commanders at the close of the civil war: General Sherman believed in and sought to