. The photographic history of the civil . O. SHERMAN IN 1876 A SOLDIER TO THE END The tall figure of Old Tecumseh in 1876, though crowned with gray, still stood erect and com-manding. I pon the appointment of Grant as full general, in July, 18<i(i. Sherman had been pro-moted to the lieutenant-generalship. When Grant became President of the United States, March4. 1869, Sherman succeeded him as general. An attempt was made to run him against Grant in187-2. but he emphatically refused to allow his name to be used. He retired from the army on fullpay in February, 1884. Although he was pra
. The photographic history of the civil . O. SHERMAN IN 1876 A SOLDIER TO THE END The tall figure of Old Tecumseh in 1876, though crowned with gray, still stood erect and com-manding. I pon the appointment of Grant as full general, in July, 18<i(i. Sherman had been pro-moted to the lieutenant-generalship. When Grant became President of the United States, March4. 1869, Sherman succeeded him as general. An attempt was made to run him against Grant in187-2. but he emphatically refused to allow his name to be used. He retired from the army on fullpay in February, 1884. Although he was practically assured of the Republican nomination forPresident that year, he telegraphed that he would not accept the nomination if given, and wouldnot serve if elected. He spent his later years among his old army associates, attending reunions,making speeches at soldiers celebrations, and putting his papers in order for future historians. Heresolutely refused all inducements to enter the political arena, and to the end he remained a soldier.[D-6].
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