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William Tecumseh Sherman
(1820-1891)
Who Was William Tecumseh Sherman?
William Tecumseh Sherman's early military career was a near disaster, having to be temporarily relieved of command.
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He returned at the Battle of Shiloh to victory and then gathered 100,000 troops destroying Atlanta and devastating Georgia in his March to the Sea. Often credited with the saying, "war is hell," he was a major architect of modern total war.
Early Life
One of 11 children, Sherman was born to a prominent family in Lancaster, Ohio, on February 8, 1820.
His father, Charles, was a successful lawyer and an Ohio Supreme Court justice. When Sherman was 9 years old, his father died suddenly, leaving the family with few finances. He was raised by a family friend, Thomas Ewing, a senator from Ohio and a prominent member of the Whig Party.
There has been much speculation on Sherman's middle name. In his memoirs, he wrote that his father gave him the name William Tecumseh because he admired th