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William Tecumseh Sherman (/ t ɪ ˈ k ʌ m s ə / tih-KUM-sə; [4] [5] February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), earning recognition for his command of military strategy but criticism for the harshness of his scorched-earth policies, which he ...
General William T. Sherman, who issued the orders that were the genesis of forty acres and a mule. Forty acres and a mule refers to a key part of Special Field Orders, No. 15 (series 1865), a wartime order proclaimed by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman on January 16, 1865, during the American Civil War, to allot land to some freed families, in plots of land no larger than 40 acres (16 ha ...
Law is the embodiment of the moral sentiment of the people. ~William Blackstone; The people's safety is the law of God. ~James Otis Jr. The absolute justice of the state, enlightened by the perfect reason of the state, that is law. ~Rufus Choate; God's laws make it easier to do right, and harder to do wrong. ~William Ewart Gladstone
William T. Sherman, for whom the statement is named. A Shermanesque statement , also called a Sherman statement , Sherman speech , or the full Sherman , is American political jargon for a clear and direct statement by a potential candidate indicating that they will not run for a particular elected position.
At first, it was the rare binding that caught the eye of Danielle Linn, a senior book specialist with Fleischer’s Auctions.
Gen. William T. Sherman on horseback at fortifications near Atlanta in 1864. George N. Barnard via Library of CongressIt is doubtful the tragic devastation of the Russia-Ukraine War would surprise ...
Garrison Frazier [1] (1798? - 1873) was an African-American Baptist minister and public figure during the U.S. Civil War.He acted as spokesman for twenty African-American Baptist and Methodist ministers who met on January 12, 1865 with Major General William Tecumseh Sherman, of the Union Army's Military Division of the Mississippi, and with U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, at General ...
Bidding opens at 9 a.m. Tuesday for a two-day auction of items, including personal effects of Gen. William T. Sherman and African American relics.