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    William Tecumseh Sherman

    United States Army general

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  1. William Tecumseh Sherman (/ t ɪ ˈ k ʌ m s ə / tih-KUM-sə; February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author.

  2. May 17, 2024 · William Tecumseh Sherman (born February 8, 1820, Lancaster, Ohio, U.S.—died February 14, 1891, New York, New York) was an American Civil War general and a major architect of modern warfare. He led Union forces in crushing campaigns through the South, marching through Georgia and the Carolinas (1864–65).

  3. Nov 13, 2009 · William Tecumseh Sherman was a Union general during the Civil War, playing a crucial role in the victory over the Confederate States and becoming one of the most famous military...

  4. May 6, 2021 · William Tecumseh Sherman was a U.S. Civil War Union Army leader known for "Sherman's March," in which he and his troops laid waste to the South.

  5. William Tecumseh Sherman, although not a career military commander before the war, would become one of "the most widely renowned of the Union’s military leaders next to U. S. Grant.”. Sherman, one of eleven children, was born into a distinguished family.

  6. Nov 14, 2014 · Explore how General William Tecumseh Sherman's Civil War legacy was built during a fiery five-week campaign of terror.

  7. William Tecumseh Sherman, (born Feb. 8, 1820, Lancaster, Ohio, U.S.—died Feb. 14, 1891, New York, N.Y.), U.S. army general. A brother of John Sherman, he graduated from West Point, served in Florida and California, then resigned his commission in 1853 to pursue a banking career.

  8. Perhaps best known for his 1864 “March to the Sea,” William Tecumseh “Cump” Sherman (1820–1891) was born in Lancaster, Ohio. He was one of eleven children born to Charles and Mary Sherman but was raised in the family of influential politician Thomas Ewing following the death of his father.

  9. General William Tecumseh Sherman summary: William Tecumseh Sherman began his Civil War career as a Colonel of the 13th U.S. Infantry Regiment and ended his career as the commanding general of the United States Army. He is best known for his actions in the Civil War, where his performance was mixed.

  10. Feb 22, 2010 · From November 15 until December 21, 1864, Union General William T. Sherman led some 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. The purpose of Sherman’s March to...

  11. May 17, 2024 · Sherman was one of the ablest Union generals in the Civil War. He saw that conflict in its broadest strategic terms, and his March to the Sea is generally regarded as the first example of the use of total war in the modern era. Charlton W. Tebeau The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.

  12. Hated across the South but a hero to the North, William Tecumseh Sherman captured Atlanta in record time and lay waste to the Georgia and South Carolina countryside on his 1864 “March to the Sea.”

  13. Jan 12, 2024 · William T. Sherman was an officer in the army, who rose from humble beginnings to prominence as a commanding officer in the Union Army during the Civil War, and close friends with Ulysses S. Grant. Sherman led his forces on a march across the Southern states, destroying everything in his path.

  14. Sep 17, 2014 · Major General William Tecumseh Sherman was a contradiction embodied. He eliminated Atlanta's war making potential and brought sheer destruction to Georgia, then offered generous surrender terms. His vision of hard war brought the Confederacy to its knees, but forestalled thousands of battlefield and civilian deaths.

  15. Feb 8, 2019 · William Tecumseh Sherman seems to be a contradictiona rough and tough orphan who hated military decorum but who went on to become one of the most important Union generals during the...

  16. Jun 8, 2018 · William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), American soldier, was a Union general during the Civil War. He captured Atlanta and Savannah and wrought great destruction in marches through Georgia and the Carolinas.

  17. May 31, 2024 · Sherman played a major role in the campaign to capture Vicksburg, “the Gibraltar of the Confederacy.” His brash assaults at Chickasaw Bayou in December 1862 failed, Sherman redeemed himself participating in capture of Arkansas Post in January.

  18. Aug 12, 2018 · William Tecumseh Sherman, a famous Union general of the American Civil War, came from a wealthy Ohio family and graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1840. Sherman served for four years at Fort Moultrie in the 1840s.

  19. Sep 10, 2016 · William Tecumseh Sherman – the Civil War general known for his decisive march through the South – offers Californians a compelling but overlooked protagonist in the tale of becoming a state.

  20. William T. Sherman and Early California History . In chapter II of his memoirs, Sherman describes life in Upper California, and tells of his experiences at Monterey, his visit to the newly-named San Francisco, and the last of the Mexican War fought in Lower California.

  21. William Tecumseh Sherman, also known as the Sherman Memorial or Sherman Monument, is a sculpture group honoring William Tecumseh Sherman, created by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and located at Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan, New York.

  22. William H. Aspinwall, of New York, and Mr. Chauncey, of Philadelphia, were also going back; and they all offered to look to the personal comfort of Mrs. Sherman on the voyage. They took passage in the steamer Golden Age (Commodore Watkins), which sailed on April 17, 1855.

  23. May 10, 2022 · Sherman Way is named for him, and not for the Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman. That Sherman served in uniform in California beginning in 1847, and he visited again often.

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