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	William Tecumseh Sherman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sherman's arrival in San Francisco was indicative of the turmoil of his time in the West: he survived not one but two shipwrecks and floated through the Golden Gate on the scraps of a foundering lumber schooner.
		Sherman's bank failed during the financial panic of 1857 and he turned to the practice of law in Leavenworth, Kansas, at which he was also unsuccessful.
		Sherman's siege and capture of Atlanta, Georgia (see Atlanta Campaign) and the subsequent March to the Sea from Atlanta to Savannah in the autumn of 1864 made a great contribution to Abraham Lincoln's re-election as president and the successful conclusion of the war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_T._Sherman (2508 words)

	MSN Encarta - William T. Sherman
		Sherman is remembered for his campaign in Georgia and the Carolinas in which the Northern troops devastated the Southern landscape and resources.
		Sherman was born on February 8, 1820, in Lancaster, Ohio, and educated at the U.S. Military Academy.
		Sherman led a division at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6 and 7, 1862, and was rewarded for his part in the victory by being promoted to major general of volunteers.
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	William Tecumseh Sherman
		Sherman had previously served under Anderson, and it was Anderson that requested that Sherman be transferred to his command.
		Sherman was given command of the Army of the Tennessee in the fall of 1863 and fought in the Battle of Chattanooga with his troops unsuccessfully assaulting Pat Cleburne's troops on Missionary Ridge, whose cannon's, especially Swet's Battery, were too much for them to be successful.
		In the spring of 1864, Sherman was made supreme commander of the armies in the West and was ordered by Grant to "create havoc and destruction of all resources that would be beneficial to the enemy." With a grand aggregate of 98,797 troops and 254 cannons, on May 4, 1864, Sherman began the Atlanta Campaign.
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	Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sherman and Grant met at West Point when Sherman was a senior classman and Grant a 17 year old boy.
		Sherman was nervous, volatile, emotional, and it was physically impossible for him to stay seated.
		Sherman was active and volcanic, Grant was placid and unhurried.
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	PBS - THE WEST - William Tecumseh Sherman
		Sherman was born in Ohio in 1820 and named after the Shawnee chief Tecumseh, who had tried unsuccessfully in the first decade of the nineteenth century to unite the tribes of the Ohio River Valley against American intrusions on their land.
		At the conclusion of the Civil War, Sherman was appointed commander of the Missouri district, which stretched from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi.
		In these years, Sherman was outspoken in his belief that Indian policy should be set by the army, and that the aim of Indian policy should be to place the various tribes on reservations and force them to stay there.
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	William Tecumseh Sherman, Cump (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sherman is the second best-known Union general, and arguably the most reviled, behind Grant and ahead of Ben Butler in each category.
		Sherman was still shaky in central Missouri, imagining Rebels under the beds.
		Sherman paused, reorganizing his army (the three-year men were coming to the end of their enlistments) and wrecking the military value of Atlanta.
	ehistory.osu.edu /uscw/features/people/bio.cfm?PID=64 (870 words)

	William T. Sherman
		In July 1863, Sherman was promoted to brigadier general and named commander of the Army of the Tennessee.
		On Nov. 26, 1863, as Confederate forces retreated into Georgia, Sherman was one of several commanders to briefly lead their corps across the Tennessee state line into Georgia in pursuit of the Confederates.
		Sherman then launched his March to the Sea, with 60,000 of his most seasoned soldiers foraging off the land and cutting a swath of destruction through the heart of Georgia.
	www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/sherman.htm (552 words)

	Reports - Sherman Report
		William Tecumseh Sherman was born on a cold day, February 8th, 1820, in Lancaster Ohio.
		Sherman allowed a few days for the troops to rest, before realizing that there were no more rations left.
		William Sherman died in 1891 of unknown causes.
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	William T. Sherman
		Sherman commanded a brigade in the first battle of Bull Run (July) and in August was made a brigadier general of volunteers and sent to Kentucky.
		Sherman distinguished himself as a division commander at Shiloh (April, 1862) and was promoted to major general in May. He took part in the operations about Corinth, occupied Memphis (July), and commanded the Dist. of Memphis (Oct.—Dec., 1862).
		Since the Civil War was a war between free peoples, Sherman maintained that only by breaking the war spirit of the enemy, noncombatant as well as combatant, could victory be won—hence the march through Georgia and South Carolina.
	www.us-civilwar.com /sherman.htm (699 words)

	William T. Sherman
		Sherman took command of the Army of Tennessee in October 1863, serving with distinction at Missionary Ridge in the Chattanooga campaign.
		Sherman is generally regarded as one of the most able military commanders of the Civil War.
		Sherman was honest about the misery of war—“war is hell”—and in later years had little respect for those who sought to glorify the conflict.
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	William T. Sherman (1820-1891)
		Sherman's came to Lancaster just before the War of 1812 because Charles' father, Judge Charles Taylor Sherman of Norwalk, Connecticut, had been given, as indemnity for property lost in Connecticut in the Revolutionary War, title to 2 sections of land in the Western Reserve.
		Although William was never legally adopted by the Ewing family, he lived with them from the age of nine.
		William T. Sherman's Civil War record was climaxed by the Atlanta campaign and the "March to the Sea," bringing him the adulation of the North and the animosity of the South.
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	Sherpa Guides \| Civil War \| Sidebars \| William T. Sherman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Tecumseh Sherman is one of the most famous generals in history, and one of the most hated in the South.
		Sherman's treatment of defenseless civilians and their private property is legendary, and his "March to the Sea" is frequently described as a "60-mile wide path of utter destruction" in history books, which is somewhat exaggerated if one has seen the beautiful antebellum homes in Madison, Covington, Milledgeville, and other towns on the route.
		William J. Hardee, summed up the feelings of many Southerners when he wrote: "The conduct of Sherman's army and particularly of Kilpatrick's cavalry and the numerous parties swarming through the country in advance and on the flanks of the main columns during the march from Atlanta to the coast, is reprehensible in the extreme...
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	Sherman, William Tecumseh - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Sherman, William Tecumseh
		Sherman, born in Lancaster, Ohio, graduated from West Point 1840.
		After the war, there was a move to nominate Sherman for president, but he announced that he would not run if nominated and would not serve if elected.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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	Major General William Tecumseh Sherman - Union General
		Probably the second best known of the Union Generals, William Tecumseh Sherman earned a reputation as an eccentric but tough fighter and ruthless leader in the prosecution of total warfare as practiced in the latter stages of the war.
		Sherman was present at 1st Bull Run in 1861, commanding a brigade of volunteers with the 1st Division.
		Sherman presented the city of Savannah to President Lincoln and the country as a Christmas present.
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	William T. Sherman
		September 2,1864 Sherman's forces were able to occupy Atlanta a vital industrial center and the hub of the Southern railway network.
		1864 William t Sherman was made a supreme commander of the armies in the west.
		William Sherman had already reached Raleigh North Carolina as he went he left destruction in his wake.
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	William Tecumseh Sherman Biography
		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.
		Sherman's corps did little fighting in the advance on Vicksburg in May until the disastrous assaults were made.
		During the last two campaigns Sherman had earned a reputation for destruction and for the lack of discipline of his troops-his marauding stragglers being known as "Sherman's bummers." Especially resented by Southerners was the burning of Columbia, South Carolina.
	www.civilwarhome.com /sherbio.htm (912 words)

	Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
		One of America’s greatest army officers was born February 8, 1820 at Lancaster, Ohio, and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1840.
		On June 2, 1856, the governor ordered Gen. Sherman to call up San Francisco members of the California Militia, and on June 3rd the governor declared San Francisco to be in a state of insurrection.
		Sherman, one of America’s greatest war heroes, returned to the U.S. Army to fight the Civil War, and his service in the “War of Rebellion” was memorialized by San Franciscans who named a street, and an elementary school, on Union Street, in his honor.
	www.sfmuseum.org /bio/sherman.html (499 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman (Library of America) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sherman contributed a great deal to the war, and was partially responsible for the war ending when it did.
		Sherman had much reason to dislike many people, but never, in reading this work, did I find a single instance of him trying to debunk the character of any man. Even Stanton, the man who falsely represented Sherman's actions, receives fair treatment at the general's hands.
		Sherman's strength was in manouvering to avoid combat and he generally succeeded.
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	William T. Sherman and the Gold Rush - 1848
		Lieutenant Sherman would work closely: “Colonel R. Mason, First Dragoons, was an officer of great experience, of stern character, deemed by some harsh and severe, but in my intercourse with him he was kind and agreeable.
		Sherman then described his adventures near San José and the quicksilver mines of New Almaden.
		Sherman related how the party crossed the bay, and first went to San Rafael, then to visit Gen. Vallejo at Sonoma before moving onward to New Helvetia.
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	General William Tecumseh Sherman Genealogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Tecumseh Sherman (WTS) was born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, OH, and he died in New York City, NY.
		He was the son of lawyer Charles R. Sherman and Mary Hoyt both originally of Norwalk, CT. His grandfather, Honorable Taylor Sherman, was a well respected attorney and judge in Norwalk, CT, and, after his death in 1815, his widow and family migrated to OH.
		A little known fact in Sherman family history seems to be that there are no Shermans who descend directly from WTS unless female descendants married Shermans.
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	AllRefer.com - William Tecumseh Sherman (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Tecumseh Sherman 1820–91, Union general in the American Civil War, b.
		Sherman is said by many to be the greatest of the Civil War generals.
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on William Tecumseh Sherman
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	Encyclopedia article on William Tecumseh Sherman [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sherman is sometimes referred to by historians as "the first modern general." (See also Total war.)
		His father, Judge Charles R. Sherman, died when he was nine years old.
		William T. Sherman Family papers from the University of Notre Dame (http://www.archives.nd.edu/findaids/ead/html/SHR.htm)
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	Sherman, William Tecumseh on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sherman and the reporter.(From the Archives)(William Tecumseh Sherman)(Brief Article)
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		THE WHITE TECUMSEH: A Biography of William T. Sherman, by Stanley P. Hirshson; John Wiley and Sons Inc. (393 pages, $30).(Originated from The Orange County Register)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/ShermanW1.asp (259 words)

	Memoirs of General William T. Sherman - By: William T. Sherman, Michael Fellman - Christianbook.com
		Before his spectacular career as commanding general of the Union forces of the West, William Tecumseh Sherman experienced decades of frustration and failure.
		Sherman's place in American history was still in doubt during the first stages of the Civil War, when he reluctantly led a Union brigade to humiliating defeat at Bull Run.
		It was not until his major role at the Battle of Shiloh that he began to assert his brilliance as a military commander.
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	William T. Sherman 1995 Stamp
		However, as the Postal Service also released the set of stamps nationwide, numerous unofficial first day of issue cancellations were possible.
		Sherman standing with a pair of field glasses and marching troops in the background.
		Presumably, the scene portrays Sherman during his Atlanta Campaign or the following March to the Sea.
	www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/sherman4.htm (158 words)

	AllRefer.com - William Tecumseh Sherman : Later Career (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - William Tecumseh Sherman : Later Career (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Sherman was promoted to lieutenant general in 1866 and to general in 1869, when he succeeded Grant as commander of the U.S. army.
		He resisted all efforts to draw him into politics, vetoing Republican attempts to make him a presidential candidate in 1884 with the words: "If nominated I will not accept; if elected I will not serve."
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	Alibris: William T. Sherman
		Memoirs of Gen. W.T. Sherman, written by himself, with an appendix, bringing his life down to its closing scenes, also a personal tribute and critique of the memoirs
		by Sherman, William T., and Miers, Earl Schenck
		General W.T. Sherman as college president; a collection of letters, documents, and other material, chiefly from private sources, relating to the life and activities of General William Tecumseh Sherman, to the early years of Louisiana State University...
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	William T. Sherman, Orders to the Mayor and City Council of Atlanta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William T. Sherman, Orders to the Mayor and City Council of Atlanta
		SOURCE: Reprinted in William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, vol.
		This document and others linked to it through the America's Civil War World Wide Web site are produced and made available for the non-profit educational use of students at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.
	www.sewanee.edu /faculty/Willis/Civil_War/documents/ShermanMayor.html (814 words)

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