William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman was born in Ohio on February 8, 1820 to Charles R. Sherman and Mary Hoyt Sherman. He was the sixth of ten children. His father was a Supreme Court Judge so he was not home often, but when he came home on horseback, a family tradition was that the first child to reach his horse could ride it to the barn. Since he was the sixth child in line, William didn't often win the race, but on one such occasion when he was around six years old he was the first to reach his father he was given the honor of riding Old Dick to the stable. When the stable door was not opened promptly the horse headed for the neighbor's barn, and finding that he couldn't get in there, the horse again headed home. On the way the horse threw young William onto some rocks. When he was found, he was taken for dead, but managed to recover from his injuries. Since this he carried a scar on his face the rest of his life. In the year of 1829 Charles Sherman while away on the circuit, rode horseback from Cincinnati to Lebanon on a hot June day. The next day, he took his seat on the bench, but was not feeling well and adjourned the court early. His fever climbed and on June 24, 1829 he died. With Mrs. Sherman being unable to support te
Thomas Ewing and was treated at once as his own son. At Cassville Johnston decided he would stand and fight. However with the panic of 1858 came the closing of this bank too. On April 16, 1863 Admiral Porter in command of seven iron clads, three transports, and ten barges in tow, ran the Vicksburg batteries at night. n children, caring family members and friends took all but the three youngest children into their homes. Because of some rumors about the sanity of Sherman he was kept out of active commands until the approach of Shiloh. The night before the battle, he was discussing his plans with his three corps commanders, Hood, Polk, and Hardee. On May 18, 1864 General Grant transferred the command of the whole Military Division of the Mississippi to Sherman, because he was placed in charge of all of the armies of the United States, and would personally command the Army of the Potomac. After the fall of Vicksburg Grant was promoted to Major-General of the regular army, and Sherman was promoted to Brigadier-General of the regular army and put in charge of the Army of Tennessee. He could not provide enough for his family so he also had to take up farming for a brief time in 1859. Sherman declined the post and said later he believed his decline lead the Lincoln administration to believe that he would also prove to be false to his country. There were 318 of Sherman's men killed, 1,275 wounded, and 441 missing when this battle was over. Louisiana also followed in January of 1861. Sherman would continue to maneuver his men and Johnston would be forced to retreat all the way to Atlanta. Just prior to the bombing of Fort Sumter Sherman received a dispatch asking him to accept the chief clerkship of the War Department, also saying that they would make him assistant Secretary of War when Congress meets.
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