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5 days ago · Recent News. 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).
- General William Tecumseh Sherman and staff (from left to right): Generals Oliver O. Howard, John A. Logan, William B. Hazen, Sherman, Jefferson Davis, Henry W. Slocum, and Joseph Mower. Photograph by Mathew B. Brady.
- Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's troops bombarding Atlanta during the American Civil War.
- Gen. William T. Sherman (leaning on the breech of the cannon) and staff at Union Fort No. 7, Atlanta, 1864, photograph by George N. Barnard.
5 days ago · Weapons from the battlefield, books inscribed by hand and a family Bible are among the items belonging to William T. Sherman, the Civil War general known for the phrase “war is hell,” that are ...
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1 day ago · Thanks to donations from descendants of Sherman, the museum already houses many of Sherman’s personal belongings: his desk, a trunk he used during the war, furniture from his home in New York where he retired. But, Johnson said the sword is a step above. Last year, the Sherman House had visitors from 37 states and seven different countries.
2 days ago · t. e. The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to the war was the dispute over whether slavery would ...
- April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865, (4 years, 1 month and 2 weeks)
- Dissolution of the Confederate States of America
5 days ago · COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Bidders will fight with their dollars next week at an Ohio auction house for the sword of the Civil War Union general who led a scorched-earth campaign across Georgia and coined the phrase "War is hell."
3 days ago · At the beginning of the war, the grand strategy of the Confederate states was a "defensive strategy": gaining military and economic aid from European countries, demoralizing the North's will to wage and continue the war, and defending the South at its borders. None of these strategies proved very fruitful, however, and the Confederacy's grand ...
The Battle of Savannah. Savannah, the objective of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" Campaign, was georgia's largest city and one of the South's main ports. To defend it, the Confederates, early in December, mustered a garrison of 10,000 Regulars and militia commanded by Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee.
