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William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author.
1820 - Born on the 8th of February in Lancaster, Ohio.
1861-1865 - General in the United States Army during the American Civil War.
1862-1863 - Served under General Ulysses S. Grant during the campaigns that led to the fall of the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg on the Mississippi River.
1864 - Succeeded Grant as the Union commander in the western theater of the war.
- Marched across Georgia in Civil War.
- Led his troops to the capture of the city of Atlanta, a military success that contributed decisively to the re-election of President Abraham Lincoln.
1865 - Accepted the surrender of all the Confederate armies in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida.
1869-1883 - Became Commanding General of the Army.
1875 - Published his Memoirs, one of the best-known firsthand accounts of the Civil War.
1891 - He died 14th of February in New York City, New York.
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Memoirs (Penguin Classics) by William Tecumseh Sherman (Paperback - Aug 1, 2000) Before his spectacular career as General of the Union forces, William Tecumseh Sherman experienced decades of failure and depression. Drifting between the Old South and new West, Sherman witnessed...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Civil War Memoir Box (Library of America) by Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman (Hardcover - Oct 1, 1990) The two greatest firsthand accounts of the Civil War together in a boxed collector's edition. The extraordinary memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman evoke the Civil War with a...  |
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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 Hon. James G. Blaine - COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME by William Tecumseh Sherman (Hardcover - Jan 1, 1970) |
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Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman by William Tecumseh Sherman (Hardcover - Jul 25, 1990) |
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