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General Sherman was not a friend to the Catholic Church in the last years of his life and there is no honor in the attempt to enroll his name among its devotees now that he is dead and cannot speak for himself.
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Boutwell critiques the posthumous veneration of General Sherman by the Catholic Church, emphasizing the general's lack of support for it during his life.
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