William Sherman

A detailed Summary of William Sherman

How would you feel if your brother came into your room and transformed it into a junkyard? You would probably have the same feelings of the civilians in Georgia when William Sherman came across their land. William Sherman was hated by most Southerners and favored by many generals from the North because if his brilliant war tactic.

William Sherman was born on May 8, 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio. But according to the American History Encyclopedia, he was born on February 8 of that year. His father died when he was child, and his mother couldn't afford to raise him so she sent him to be raised by Thomas Ewing, his father's friend. He soon married Mr. Ewing's daughter, Ellan. William Sherman attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and graduated 6th in his class in 1840. During the Mexican War, he was an unpopular soldier in California because he had little combat experiences. He resigned from the army in September 6, 1853, and became partner in a banking firm in San Francisco and New York. Years before the Civil War started, William Sherman was superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary and Military Academy at Alexandria; which later was moved and renamed to Louisiana State University (LSU). When

William Sherman was rather a kind general. He ordered the civilians of Atlanta to leave the city before he burned the city to the ground. During this time period, Hood had tried to attack Sherman's troops many times, but all of them were failures. Knowing that his troops were to match for Sherman, Hood directed his troop to the North to cute the supply line from Sherman. Sherman showed no concern, he even quoted, "If he continues to march North, all the way to Ohio, I will supply him with rations."

the war broke out, Sherman felt adverse with the newspapermen in Louisiana, so he moved back to his hometown for two months. His family then migrated to St. Louis, Missouri where he was elected president of the Fifth Street Railroad.

William Sherman was about to start his greatest military expedition. William Sherman kept a total of 60,000 troops and sent the rest to Nashville under his appointed commander, General George Thomas. On November of 1864, Sherman started his second quest, which later know as Sherman's March to the Sea.

After the war, William Sherman was promoted a lieutenant General and had command of the entire U.S. Army. Sherman retired in 1881, and died in 1891. William Sherman was considered to be the first modern general. Even though, Sherman had destroyed Georgia's economic; he also had compassion to some people as well. During Sherman's March to the Sea, he destroyed everything but Cecelia's property. Cecelia was a student that Sherman knew at West Point before the Civil War. She once commented William Sherman, "Your eyes are so cold and cruel, I pity the man who ever becomes your foe. Ah, how you would crush an enemy." Sherman replied, "Even though you were my enemy, my dear, I would ever love and protect you." Sherman surely kept this promise p

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