then a captain, linus sherman. one of the things i found, we interesting letters written by union soldiers who came in. they knew they were observing a history in the making so they h wrote letters and sent them home. the army upmail, the northern an mails were fum of these letters from the first few days of ew en occupation. linus sherman was a very a perspective nuew englander who e glad ople generally ar to see us. a not i suppose from much of a e union sentiment, but because bet they suffered so much. hu probably a fair characterization. even those whot supported the ya southern cause were beaten downh warn out and hungry, and they were happy to see the yankees cp come in and help fight the fireg they weren't happy with the result, but sherman was perceptive in defining their e sentiments. i guess onend of the most poignu scenes comes with a man named garland white. he was a chaplain with the 28th usct.fight usct stands for united states ra colored troop, african-american men recruited to fight with the union a