Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-02-13
ALMOST UNCOMFORTABLE.
Gen. Sherman SIN Fighting The Battle
With Death.
II 10 Thought TO BE q Question Of
Only . Few Hours.

Nsw YoRx, Feb. IL. Physicians In
consultation say there 10 no change. II
Gen, Sherman maintains the present status
"a hours, the situation will be hopeful.
(Sisned,) John Sherman.
The condition Of General Sherman dur
ing the latter part Of the afternoon today
was encouraging up to ~ late - 8. Al that
hour q change for the worse took place,
and ii WAS with difficulty that the sick mar
could breathe. Those at his bedside
thought that the haue OF dissolution had
come. Dra Alexander and Green, who
were present. sent in great haste for DIR
JanewAy. The General lay In comatoH
state, and 1t was exceedingly difficult to
rouse him. The patient continued In thi
condition during the early part Of the
evening.
Gen, Ewing left the bedside Of the sick
soldier At He said that death vas only
| question Of few hours. lie thought q
that hour the General was In much wors"
condition than he had been at any tim.
since taken sick. During the evening u
great number Of persons called to ASCERTAIN
the dying Generate condition. Many lefs
their cards, others contented themselves
with asking the policeman on guard wis,
the prospects were Of Gen. Shesman's re
eovery. All received the answer; "Dea,l,
is now 8 question Of hours only"
After consultation Of the doctors st ,
o'clock DIR. Janeway was seen, but he a,
clined to express any opiuion ON the que,
iion Of the generals living through u
night. The generals secretary, Mr.. Ba
rett, said that soon after . O'Clock the do,
tors expressed themselves ~ confident thu
IL they could keep the general alive for IT,
next ~ hours they could save his life.
At 10 o'clock all was quiet At the She
man residence. On the sidewalk opposit
the house quite large crowd Of peop'
stood Watching the windows Of the chsmb
where the sick man lay.
At half.pst 10 Gen, Thomas Ewing, o..
compsnied bv his son and daughter. left tic
Sherman residence for home. .sy@
Gen Ewing said thst Gen. Sherman va
then resting easy. A trained nurse ap
doctors Alexander and Green were watcl
ing at his bedside. the family taking q litil
needed rest. They anticipated . chan,
before one or two in the morning. At thH
hour they feared he had sinking spell.
At II 80 the lights in the Generals hou-s
we're put ou, and 1t was said that no NOR
information would be given to reporters
until sIx tomorrow morning.
IL l40P M Lieut. Fitch had Just I"h
Gen. Shermsn's residence to spend the
night at DR.. Green's house. He said u.at
at II Gen. Sherman got out Of bed and
walked half across the room without assi IT.
ance. He could not speak, but appeared
to recognize those in the room. The Gen
eral had to be helped back to bed. He was
very much exhausted.
At midnight DR. Janeway said that Gen
Sherman was re sting, and unless something
unexpected should happen there would b.
no change before morning.
Condition This Mosniok.
At l O'Clock A. M, 1t was stated tb,t
General Sherman appeared to be asleep
His breathing indicated that his lungs were
filed with mucus. DIR. Alexander thought
the cry rysipelss was leaving the patient, bit
the General had not improved. DR.. Alex
ander, Private Secretary Barrett and Miss
Rachel are at the Generals bedside.
An Honorable Csrssr.
william Tecnmseh Sherman was born in
Lancaster, O., Feb. \. 1920. His ancestv
10 traced back to Samuel Sherman, -
Essex. England. who came 10 this count
in 1888 with his brother, the Rev. Jtbi
Sherman, and bis cousin, Capt. John Sbsr.
man. Gen. Sherman traces his ancestry -
that Of the Rev. John. whose family settle
in NoYwslk. Conn. from which place sop y
Of them removed 10 Lancaster. o., in 1871
The father Of Gen. Sherman WAS 10.
yer, and for FIVE years before his death :,
1929 Judge Of the supreme curt. Ii,
mother. who was married in 1910. wss MsTy
Hoyt 9s was the sixth child and was
adopted by Thomas Ewing, and attended,
school In Lancaster till 1886, when in July
of that year he entered tie Military Acsa-
emy At Wes. Point. graduating from tbHt
institution ia 1s40, standing sixth in a class
Of ~ N embers.
As cadet he 10 remembered a. an earn
est, high-Spirited, honorable and outspokon
youth, deeply impressed, according TO oue
Of his early letters. with the grave Yespon-
sibili.y properly attaching to serving tile
country" In 1853. on his return from
short leave he bessn the study Of Law, rot
to make it profession but to render him
self more intelligent soldier.
In 1876, when the Mexican war broke
out be was sent with troops around Cape
Horn to California where he acted o.
adjatsnt-eeneral TO Gen. Stephen W.
Kearney, Col. Mason aud Gen. Pefcifer Z
smith. On his return in 1850 he was mar
vied in May Of that year to Miss Ellen
Boyle Ewing at Washington, her father
his old frie I'd, then being secretary Of The
| interior.
Seeing little prospect Of promotion spd
smsll opportunity for his tslents In the
army in times Of peace, he resigned his
co nmission September g, 1858, the few