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English: A Series 1891 $500 Proof of a Treasury Note depicting William Sherman with the signatures of William Starke Rosecrans and Enos H. Nebecker. Sherman was Commanding General (1869–83) of the U.S. Army (1840–84) and marched to and captured Savannah, Georgia. (This note was designed and approved but never issued.)
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