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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03601.07 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters of the Ewing family to William T. Sherman |
| Title | Philemon Ewing to William T. Sherman regarding his wife and father's illness, and also the advance into Georgia |
| Date | 20 July 1864 |
| Author | Ewing, Philemon (1820-1896) |
| Recipient | Sherman, William T. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to Sherman about his wife Ellen's illness and assures Sherman that she has recovered. Writes about Sherman's "long & stubbornly contested advance into Georgia," and states that the public has confidence in Sherman's generalship. Informs that their father, Thomas Ewing, is recovering but still weak. Docketed in pencil possibly at a later date. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union General Children and Family Health and Medical Women's History Confederate States of America |
| People | Ewing, Philemon (1820-1896) Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Sherman, Ellen Ewing (1824-1888) |
| Place written | Lancaster, Ohio |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Health & Medicine; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Sherman was adopted by Thomas Ewing, an Ohio Senator and U. S. Secretary of the Treasury, after Sherman's father died in 1829. Philemon, Charles, Thomas, and Hugh Ewing were Thomas Ewing's sons and grew up as Sherman's adoptive brothers. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Brother |