War-dated ALS signed “W. T. Sherman, Brig. Gen. Comd.,” one lightly-lined page, 5.25 x 8.25, November 14, 1861. Terse letter to future General John Starkweather. In full, “I authorize you to recruit your regiment up to the standard provided you enlist only persons who have already served and that they shall come embodied in not less than fifty men.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds and scattered light foxing. This letter was written just five days after Sherman was suspended in the Department of the Ohio by Genl. Don Carlos Buell. The job proved to great a nervous strain for Sherman, who departed under a cloud, with his sanity questioned. LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
