Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's first postwar command (Military Division of the Mississippi) covered the territory west of the Mississippi and east of the Rocky Mountains, and his top priority was to protect the construction of the railroads. In 1867, he wrote to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, "we are not going to let thieving, ragged Indians check and stop the progress" of the railroads.
gen william tecumseh sherman's first postwar command (military division of the mississippi) covered the territory west of the mississippi and east of the rocky mountains and his top priority was to protect the construction of the railroads in 1867 he wrote to gen ulysses s grant "we are not going to let thieving ragged indians check and stop the progress" of the railroads