3c War (O85). Choice centering with well-balanced margins, tied by well-struck circle of V's cancel, "St. Louis Mo. Feb. 15" circular datestamp on "Headquarters, Army of the United States, Official Business" imprint cover to General Benjamin H. Grierson at his home in Jacksonville Ill., addressed in the hand of William Tecumseh Sherman and with original 3pp autograph letter signed, with similar printed letterhead datelined "St. Louis Mo. Feb. 15, 1875", military content discussing strategy for troop placements, some splitting along folds of contents sensibly reinforced

VERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING WAR DEPARTMENT COVER, SENT BY COMMANDING GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN TO GENERAL GRIERSON.

William T. Sherman, whose "March to the Sea" made him a Civil War hero in the North (and equally despised in the South), was appointed Commanding General of the U.S. Army after the war (1869-83). In November 1871 he embarked on a tour of Europe for the first time, returning to Washington D.C. in September 1872. In September 1874, at Sherman's request, the Headquarters of the U.S. Army was moved from Washington D.C. to St. Louis. The cover offered here dates from February 1875, after the Official stamps and envelopes were released (July 1873) and Sherman had relocated to St. Louis (September 1874).

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