In General William Tecumseh Sherman's own words (from his 1875 Memoirs), " ... Hardly was [my] family established there when the War of 1812 caused great alarm and distress in all Ohio. The English captured Detroit and the shores of Lake Erie down to the Maumee River; while the Indians still occupied the greater part of the State. Nearly every man had to be somewhat of a soldier, but I think my father was only a commissary; still, he seems to have caught a fancy for the great chief of the Shawnees, 'Tecumseh.'" "... When, in 1816, my brother James was born, he insisted on engrafting the Indian name 'Tecumseh' on the usual family list. My mother had already named her first son after her own brother Charles; and insisted on the second son taking the name of her other brother James, and when I came along, on the 8th of February, 1820, mother having no more brothers, my father succeeded in his original purpose, and named me William Tecumseh." The following link is to Memoirs of General William T. Shermanat Project Gutenberg.
As an aside, Sherman played a role in Native American affairs after the US Civil War.
His role with Native Tribes after the war was a ruthless one of genocide.
William Tecumseh Sherman's parents were Charles Robert Sherman and Mary Hoyt Sherman of Lancaster, Ohio. The following link is to the Sherman family papers at the University of Notre Dame Archives.
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It is William actually, his birth name is John William Dawes.
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William Sherman
'Teak' - for Tecumseh, his middle name.
William Tecumseh Sherman. And to this day, no Southerner will ever name his child Sherman.
William Tecumseh Sherman's parents were Charles Robert Sherman and Mary Hoyt Sherman of Lancaster, Ohio. The following link is to the Sherman family papers at the University of Notre Dame Archives.
Sherman Potter's middle initial was T. His full middle name was never actually revealed, but it was speculated that it could stand for Tecumseh, the middle name of General Sherman.
Tecumseh meant shooting star which was the mening of his name
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Tecumseh was long dead by the time of the Civil War. Do you mean Sherman - whose middle name was Tecumseh ("Teak") ?
William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891).
His full name was Sherman Tecumseh Potter, MD.
His father highly respected the great Native American leader, Tecumseh, so they made that his middle name. In General William Tecumseh Sherman's own words (from his 1875 Memoirs), " ... Hardly was [my] family established there when the War of 1812 caused great alarm and distress in all Ohio. The English captured Detroit and the shores of Lake Erie down to the Maumee River; while the Indians still occupied the greater part of the State. Nearly every man had to be somewhat of a soldier, but I think my father was only a commissary; still, he seems to have caught a fancy for the great chief of the Shawnees, 'Tecumseh.'" "... When, in 1816, my brother James was born, he insisted on engrafting the Indian name 'Tecumseh' on the usual family list. My mother had already named her first son after her own brother Charles; and insisted on the second son taking the name of her other brother James, and when I came along, on the 8th of February, 1820, mother having no more brothers, my father succeeded in his original purpose, and named me William Tecumseh." The following link is to Memoirs of General William T. Sherman at Project Gutenberg.