Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Major-General W. T. Sherman” in year 1862, month December, day 20 of Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864:
...venty men, were captured near Occoquan, Va., by a detachment of rebel cavalry under the command of General Wade Hampton.--Richmond Dispatch, December 24.
The expeditionary army under command of Major-General W. T. Sherman , embarked at Memphis, Tenn., in over one hundred transports, for Vicksburgh.--(Doc. 91.)
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