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William Tecumseh Sherman Military Commander
Gender: Male
Citizenship: United States
Born: Feb 8, 1820
Died: Feb 14, 1891
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, for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States.
Sherman served under General Ulysses S. Grant in 1862 and 1863 during the campaigns that led to the fall of the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg on the Mississippi River and culminated with the routing of the Confederate armies in the state of Tennessee. In 1864, Sherman succeeded Grant as the Union commander in the western theater of the war. He proceeded to lead his troops to the capture of the city of Atlanta, a military success that contributed to the re-election of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Sherman's subsequent march through Georgia and the Carolinas further undermined the Confederacy's ability to continue fighting. He accepted the surrender of all the Confederate armies in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida in April 1865.
In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
war
I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.
peace & war
Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
war
There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
war
If nominated, I will not run if elected, I will not serve.
politics
If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
war