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General William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman was born in Lancaster, Ohio, on 8 February When his father died, Thomas Ewing adopted him. Sherman attended the United States Military Academy, graduating in Upon graduation, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant and assigned to the 3d Cavalry in Florida. In , he was promoted to first lieutenant. During the Mexican War, Sherman served in California as an aide to Generals Stephen W. Kearney, Persifor F. Smith, and Richard B. Mason.
In , he married Ellen Ewing, was made a captain and posted to Saint Louis and then New Orleans. Sherman resigned from the Army in to pursue ventures in banking and law. In , he became the superintendent of a military college in Alexandria, Louisiana.
When the Civil War started, Sherman rejoined the Army as a colonel. He was soon made a brigadier general of volunteers and fought at Bull Run in July Sherman was then sent out west to command the Department of the Cumberland. He was wounded at S
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William Tecumseh Sherman ()
William Tecumseh Sherman was born on February 8, , in Lancaster, Ohio. His father, Charles, was a member of Ohio’s Supreme Court but died in Sherman was sent to live with his father’s close friend Thomas Ewing. Ewing became a U.S. Senator in and later the Secretary of the Treasury. In , Ewing appointed Sherman to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Sherman was popular and developed numerous friendships including one with North Carolina native Braxton Bragg. Sherman was a bright strategist but not a particularly disciplined soldier. Sherman’s poor behavior and disregard for protocol almost resulted in his expulsion from the academy, but in the end, Sherman graduated sixth in the Class of
After graduating, Sherman was stationed in Florida. There he saw limited action in the Second Seminole War (). He was transferred to Georgia and then South Carolina and developed numerous friendships and a lasting fondness for the South. The connection
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William Tecumseh Sherman Biography
William Tecumseh Sherman was born in Ohio in Sherman's father died when the boy was nine years old, and he was raised by Thomas Ewing, a prominent Republican politician. He graduated from West Point in and married his step-sister Ellen.
Sherman's early military assignments were all in the South, and when the Civil War broke out in , he was superintendent of a military school in Louisiana. Although Sherman was sympathetic to slavery, he resigned his position out of loyalty to the Union and rejoined the Union army. After a rocky början, Sherman distinguished himself at the Battle of Shiloh in April, Early in he was given command of the Department of the stat i usa, while his friend Ulysses S. Grant went East to assume command of the entire army. On May 1, , Sherman left his base in Chattanooga and out-maneuvered Confederate Generals Johnston and Hood through north Georgia.