'?ǪI will give specific instructions in your company to the officers who will command the cavalry force to operate against the Yazoo up about Henry Island. I fear we will not secure those boats. If in danger of losing them surely the enemy will destroy them.' Title: Letter from W. T. Sherman, steamer Forest Queen, to Porter, Flagship Black Hawk, December 21, 1862 . 21 December 1862. Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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