Ohio native who led one of the most successful Civil War campaigns, William Tecumseh Sherman chased rebels from North Georgia to Savannah.

Home Index By Subject By Year Biographies The Gift Shop William Tecumseh Sherman (1820 - 1891) One of Americas greatest army officers was born February 8, 1820 at Lancaster, Ohio, and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1840. Army lieutenants Edward Otho Cresap Ord and William T. Sherman arrived at Monterey January 28, 1847, two days before Yerba Buena was renamed San Francisco. He ...

William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) He never commanded in a major Union victory and his military career had repeated ups and downs, but William T. Sherman is the second best known of Northern commanders. His father had died when he was nine years old, and Sherman was raised by Senator Thomas Ewing and eventually married into the family. Through the influence of his patron, he obtained an ...

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