Lieutenant-General Sherman, St. Louis, Mo.War Department, Washington City, December 2, 1868.I congratulate you, Sheridan, and Custer on the splendid success with which your campaign is begun. Ask Sheridan to send forward the names of officers and men deserving of special mention.(Signed)J. M. Schofield, Secretary of War.
Lieutenant-General Sherman, St. Louis, Mo.
War Department, Washington City, December 2, 1868.
I congratulate you, Sheridan, and Custer on the splendid success with which your campaign is begun. Ask Sheridan to send forward the names of officers and men deserving of special mention.
(Signed)J. M. Schofield, Secretary of War.
It was impracticable to comply with the request contained in the closing portion of the despatch from the Secretary of War, for the gratifying reason that every officer and man belonging to the expedition had performed his full part in rendering the movement against the hostile tribes a complete success.