Chapter XIV: �william T. Sherman

The Result of Eastern Blood and Western Developments�Lincoln, Grant, Chase and Sherman Specimens of it�The Sherman Family Character�Hon. Thomas Ewing adopts Sherman�Character of the Boy�He Enters West Point�His Peculiar Traits Showing thus Early�How he Treated his "Pleb"�His Early Military Service�His Appearance as First Lieutenant�Marries and Resigns�Banker at San Francisco�Superintendent of Louisiana Military Academy�His Noble Letter Resigning the Superintendency�He Foresees a Great War�Cameron and Lincoln Think not�Sherman at Bull Run�He Goes to Kentucky�Wants Two Hundred Thousand Troops�The False Report of his Insanity�Joins Grant; His Services at Shiloh�Services in the Vicksburg Campaigns�Endurance of Sherman and his Army�Sherman's estimate of Grant�How to live on the Enemy�Prepares to move from Atlanta�The Great March�His Courtesy to the Colored People�His Foresight in War�Sherman on Office-Holding. 423