781. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN (1820-1891) Union major general declared by the press to be "insane", he led his army in their March to the Sea, taking Atlanta, Savannah and Columbia along the way. A.L.S., 7pp. 8vo., St. Louis, June 3, 1885 to a colonel offering detailed news on his family, mentioning that a relative's house had burned, and that he had received so many invitations he was being paraded about like "Barnum's Circus". Spindle holes in left margin affecting a few letters of text, else very good. $300-500