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William Tecumseh Sherman had a lot in common with Ulysses S. Grant. Like Grant, he was born in Ohio. Like Grant, he graduated from the military academy at West Point. Like Grant, he failed as a ...
Like Gilbert and Sullivan's Maj. Gen. Stanley, William Tecumseh Sherman was the "very model of a modern major general." The Union commander developed many of the ideas on which contemporary ...
Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. William Tecumseh Sherman's home once stood in what is now the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. The Sherman family home at 912 ...
This article first appeared in The Conversation. It is doubtful the tragic devastation of the Russia-Ukraine War would surprise William Sherman were he alive today. The iconic U.S. Army soldier ...
In late 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman launched a 285-mile campaign from Atlanta to Savannah that would become one of the most infamous operations in American military history. With 62,000 ...
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman was a surprising instrument of emancipation. Although raised in Ohio and firmly wedded to the Union cause when the nation erupted into civil war, he was a racist who ...
During the Civil War, Union Army Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and his troops arrived in Savannah, Georgia, days before Christmas in 1864. The city was their final stop on Sherman's March to the ...
Who could have guessed that in 2022 a trending TikTok dance would involve odes to William Tecumseh Sherman’s March to the Sea in 1864? Users across social media, responding to online displays of ...
T. Sherman Collection,” which goes live at 9 a.m. Tuesday, features personal effects of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman ranging from his wartime sword and uniform rank insignia to a family Bible ...
In September 1864, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman occupied Atlanta and warned citizens to evacuate before he burned the town. The mayor and city council implored him to rescind the evacuation order ...