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Primary document
Title:
Letter from William T. Sherman to Zebulon B. Vance, April 12, 1865:
Electronic Edition.
Author: Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill supported the electronic publication of this title.
Text transcribed by
Bari Helms
Images scanned by
Bari Helms
Text encoded by
Sarah Ficke
First Edition, 2005
Size of electronic edition: ca. 9K
Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2005
The electronic edition is a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill digital library, Documenting the American South.
Languages used in the text:
English
Revision history:
2005-08-01, Sarah Ficke finished TEI/XML encoding.
Source(s):
Title of collection: Cornelia Phillips Spencer Papers (#683), Southern
Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Letter from William T. Sherman to Zebulon B. Vance,
April 12, 1865
Author: William T. Sherman
Description: 2 pages, 2 page images
Note:
Call number 683 (Southern Historical Collection,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Editorial practices
The text has been encoded using the recommendations for Level 5 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines.
Originals are in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Letter is a contemporary copy written by Zebulon B. Vance.
Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved.
Page images can be viewed and compared in parallel with the text.
Any hyphens occurring in line breaks have been removed, and the trailing part of a word has been joined to the preceding line.
All quotation marks, em dashes and ampersand have been transcribed as entity references.
All double right and left quotation marks are encoded as ".
All single right and left quotation marks are encoded as '.
All em dashes are encoded as —.
Indentation in lines has not been preserved.
For more information about transcription and other editorial decisions, see the section Editorial Practices.
The text has been encoded using the recommendations for Level 5 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines.
Originals are in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Letter is a contemporary copy written by Zebulon B. Vance.
Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved.
Page images can be viewed and compared in parallel with the text.
Any hyphens occurring in line breaks have been removed, and the trailing part of a word has been joined to the preceding line.
All quotation marks, em dashes and ampersand have been transcribed as entity references.
All double right and left quotation marks are encoded as ".
All single right and left quotation marks are encoded as '.
All em dashes are encoded as —.
Indentation in lines has not been preserved.
For more information about transcription and other editorial decisions, see the section Editorial Practices.
Page 1
Copy. Head Quarters of the Military Division
of the Mississippi — in the Field
of the Mississippi — in the Field
Gullys Station N Ca
April 12, 1865
April 12, 1865
To His Excellency
Z. B. Vance
, Governor of N Carolina
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your communication of this date,
and enclose you a safe guard for yourself and any members of the State
Government that choose to remain in Raleigh. I would gladly have enabled you to meet me
here, but some interruption occurred to the Train by the order of General Johnston after it had
passed within the lines of my cavalry advance, but as it came out of Raleigh in good
faith, it shall return in good faith, and will in no measure be claimed by
us.
I doubt if hostilities can be suspended as between the army of the
Confederate Govt
and the one I command but I will aid you all in my power to
contribute to the end you aim to reach — the termination of the
existing war.
I am truly
Yr obt svt
W. T.
Sherman
Maj Genl
Page 2
Copy of Safe Guard
Hd Qrs. Army in the Field
Raleigh, NC. April 13, 1865
Raleigh, NC. April 13, 1865
To all officers and soldiers of the U.S. Army
Grant safe conduct to the Bearer of this to any point 12 miles from Raleigh
& back, to include the Governor of North Carolina
and any members of
the state or city govt on his way back to the capital of the state.
and any members of
the state or city govt on his way back to the capital of the state.
W. T.
Sherman
Maj Genl Comdg