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William Tecumseh Sherman

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Who was General Sherman?

 

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Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color: Sherman's March to Savannah | History

 

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Civil War Sherman's March

 

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Portrait in a Minute: William Tecumseh Sherman

 

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William T. Sherman Quotes

William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the scorched earth policies he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States.
  • Personal 

  • Sherman's given names 

  • Military training and service 

  • Military college superintendent 

  • First commissions and Bull Run 

  • Breakdown 

  • Shiloh 

  • Vicksburg 

  • Chattanooga 

  • Atlanta 

  • March to the Sea 

  • Final campaigns in the Carolinas 

  • Confederate surrender 

  • Slavery and emancipation 

  • Strategies 

  • Total warfare 

  • Modern assessment 

  • Departmental commander and Reconstruction 

  • General of the Army 

  • Later years 

  • Death 

  • Jews 

  • Monuments 

  • Historiography 

  • Autobiography and memoirs 

  • In popular culture 

  • Sherman on U.S. postage 

  • Sherman name in the military