Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman.

CHAPTER I.

THE SHERMAN FAMILY.

HONORABLE RANK IN THE MOTHER COUNTRY--EARLY MIGRATION TO NEW ENGLAND--SETTLING IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY--PLAYING AN IMPORTANT PART AT WOODBURY--LONG TERM OF PUBLIC SERVICE--THE STODDARDS--A MILITARY MINISTER--SEEKING NEW FORTUNES IN THE WEST--AN EARLY OHIO JUDGE--THE MOTHER OF GREAT MEN.

The artificial law of primogeniture has little effec...