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- William Tecumseh Sherman (/ tɪˈkʌmsə / tih-KUM-sə; [ 4 ][ 5 ] February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author.
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William Tecumseh Sherman (/ tɪˈkʌmsə / tih-KUM-sə; [ 4 ][ 5 ] February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author.
- Sherman’s Early Years
- West Point and Early Military Career
- Sherman Before The Civil War
- First Battle of Bull Run
- Sherman and Grant
- Sherman Takes Atlanta
- Sherman’s March to The Sea
- Sherman’s Post-Civil War Career
- Sources
With an unusual middle name received from his father, a prominent lawyer and judge who admired the Shawnee chief Tecumseh, William Tecumseh Sherman was born February 8, 1820, in Lancaster, Ohio. The death of Sherman’s father when he was 9 left his mother a poor widow with 11 children. Most of the Sherman children were fostered out to live with othe...
When Sherman was 16, John Ewing secured him a position at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. There he met and befriended several future military leaders who he would fight alongside – and against – during the Civil War. Sherman graduated in 1840, ranked sixth in his class. He excelled in the academic side of his training, but was dismissive o...
Sherman became a banker, but was overwhelmed by the frenetic pace of San Francisco, a city teeming with an influx of speculators. Sherman’s bank failed in 1857, and he briefly moved to Kansas, where he practiced law. Sherman returned to the South in 1859, when he accepted a position as superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and ...
Sherman became colonel of the new 13th Infantry Regiment. Before that unit was fully activated, he led a brigade at the First Battle of Bull Runin July 1861. The Union suffered a surprising defeat, but Sherman was praised for his actions, and Lincoln promoted him to brigadier general of volunteers. Sherman’s fears about the war escalated when he wa...
He returned to service just weeks later, again assigned to the Western Theater. He supported Ulysses S. Grant at the successful Battle of Fort Donelson, Kentucky, and the two began to develop a close bond. Now serving under Grant in the Army of West Tennessee, Sherman fought at the Battle of Shilohin April 1862. Caught unprepared by the Confederate...
In May 1864, Sherman set out for Atlanta, a center of Confederate industry. Sherman’s troops were on the move for four months, as he squared off against Confederate Generals Joseph E. Johnston and John B. Hood. Hood was forced to abandon the city, and Sherman captured Atlantain early September. The city was nearly destroyed, although it is still de...
With the full support of both Lincoln and Grant, Sherman devised an unusual plan. In November 1864, he departed Atlanta with 60,000 troops, bound for the coastal port of Savannah. He separated his men into two Corps, which tore through the countryside, destroying both military and civilian targets. Twisted railroad lines along the way became known ...
Sherman remained in the U.S. Army after the war. When Grant became president in 1869, Sherman assumed command of all U.S. forces. He was criticized for the role he played in America’s war on Native Americans in the West, but he himself was critical of U.S. mistreatment of the native population. He retired from active duty in 1884, eventually settli...
William Tecumseh Sherman, American Battlefield Trust. Citizen Sherman: A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Michael Fellmann (Random House, 1995). Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Robert L. O’Connell (Random House, 2015) William Tecumseh Sherman, About North Georgia.
Aug 21, 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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
