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  2. William Tecumseh Sherman - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Shermanesque statement - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Sherman's March to the Sea - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Category:William Tecumseh Sherman - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 23 November 2024, at 07:41 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  6. General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument - Wikipedia

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    The General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument is an equestrian statue of American Civil War Major General William Tecumseh Sherman located in Sherman Plaza, which is part of President's Park in Washington, D.C., in the United States. The selection of an artist in 1896 to design the monument was highly controversial.

  7. Forty acres and a mule - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Atlanta campaign - Wikipedia

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    Sherman, William T., Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman, 2nd ed., D. Appleton & Co., 1913 (1889). Reprinted by the Library of America , 1990, ISBN 978-0-940450-65-3 . U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion : a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies .

  9. List of horses of the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    William T. Sherman: Sherman's secondary horse Don Juan [1] George Armstrong Custer: One of Custer's secondary horses Duke: William T. Sherman: In a letter in 1888, Sherman wrote that his favorite horse throughout the war was the one he rode in Atlanta: Egypt: Ulysses S. Grant: One of many secondary horses used by Grant Fancy: John F. Reynolds