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Collection Reference Number GLC08323
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1880s 
Title William T. Sherman to William Lewis regarding the removal of Stanton as War Secretary
Date 12 November 1885
Author Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)  
Recipient Lewis, William  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Declines involvement in Grant - Johnson controversy over removal of War Secretary Stanton: "The matter was discussed to death at the time (1868) and I know of no good reason for reviving it."
Subjects Union General  Government and Civics  President  Impeachment  
People Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)  Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)  Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)  Lewis, William (fl. 1885)  
Theme The Presidency; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945