Fleischer had boxed up the memoir and other items, including Sherman’s personal sword and military trunk ... After the Civil War broke out, Sherman was commissioned as an officer in the U.S ...

His wartime saber, its sheath and a military chest marked “books” were on the block for $71,500. One of the Civil War’s most significant ... money to bid on the sword, school books, family ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Bidders will fight with their dollars next week at an Ohio auction house for the sword of the Civil War Union general ... was superintendent of a military school in Louisiana ...