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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 ...
Sherman's March to the Sea (also known as the Savannah campaign or simply Sherman's March) was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864, by William Tecumseh Sherman, major general of the Union Army.
Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman had taken a large force through Georgia in the 1864 Atlanta campaign, capturing the namesake city itself in September. [1] The fall of 1864 was focused on countering Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood in the Franklin–Nashville campaign.
The XV Army Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.It served in the Army of the Tennessee under Maj. Gens. Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman.It was commanded by Sherman in the siege of Vicksburg and then by Maj. Gen. John A. Logan in Sherman's Atlanta Campaign.
As 1864 began, Ulysses S. Grant was promoted to lieutenant General and given command of all Union armies. He chose to make his headquarters with the Army of the Potomac, although Maj. Gen. George G. Meade remained the commander of that army. Grant kept Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman in command of most of the
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.
At first, it was the rare binding that caught the eye of Danielle Linn, a senior book specialist with Fleischer’s Auctions.
General William Tecumseh Sherman’s wartime sword, likely used between 1861 and 1863, are among the items that will be open to bidders Tuesday at Fleischer’s Auctions in Columbus.