William Tecumseh Sherman
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William Tecumseh Sherman was an American businessman, author, and United States Army general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. As a general he earned recognition for his command of mili
Photograph by Mathew Brady, May 1865. Sherman is wearing a black ribbon mourning Abraham Lincoln after his assassination.
Sherman's childhood home is in Lancaster, Ohio.
Sherman is in military uniform as a youth.
Sherman Quarters is at 510 Calle Principal in Monterey, California.
Sherman's March to the Sea
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Sherman's March to the Sea, officially known as the Savannah campaign, or simply Sherman's March, was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until Dec
William Tecumseh Sherman
…he earned recognition for his command of military strategy but criticism for the harshness of his scorched-earth policies, which he implemented in his military campaign against the Confederate States. Born in Lancaster, Ohio, into a politically prominent family, Sherman graduated in 1840 from the United States Military…
Sherman's March to the Sea by F. O. C. Darley
William T. Sherman and several Generals who took part in the march. Standing, left to right: Oliver O. Howard, William B. Hazen, Jefferson C. Davis, Joseph A. Mower. Seated, left to right: John A. Logan, William T. Sherman, Henry W. Slocum.
Sherman's advance: Tennessee, Georgia, and Carolinas (1863–65)
Sherman's men destroying a railroad in Atlanta