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Quotation from Memoirs by William Tecumseh Sherman
“I could not help reproaching myself for having consented to his visit in that sickly region in the summer-time”
Memoirs, Vol. I, Ch. XIV (Project Gutenberg #2616 (Vol. I))
After Willie dies of typhoid at Memphis, Sherman blames himself for bringing the family to the Vicksburg camps.
Citation: "I could not help reproaching myself for having consented to his visit in that sickly region in the summer-time" — William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs, Vol. I, Ch. XIV (Project Gutenberg #2616 (Vol. I)). (id shermans-memoirs-q10)
Portrait: William Tecumseh Sherman, Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain.
