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The area commander was William T. Sherman. The commander of the whole army was Ulysses S. Grant.
"General Grant is a great general. I know him well. He stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk; and now, sir, we stand by each other always."- William Tecumseh Sherman, asking not to be promoted to Lt Gen to rival Grant in 1864
No one did. Grant was in charge of all the union forces in the East, and Grant appointed William Tecumseh Sherman to the forces in the South of the Confederacy.
Yes they did. The best ones were: Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Sheridan, George Gordon Meade, George Henry Thomas.
Gen Ulysses Grant was one of the most famous Union Generals. Others were Gen William Tecumseh Sherman, Gen George McLellan, Gen Ambrose Burnside, Gen George Meade and Gen Joseph Hooker.
Ulysses S. Grant!. ANSWER William Tecumseh Sherman.
The area commander was William T. Sherman. The commander of the whole army was Ulysses S. Grant.
Grant's friend William Tecumseh Sherman followed him, who was, in turn followed by Phil Sheridan.
"General Grant is a great general. I know him well. He stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk; and now, sir, we stand by each other always."- William Tecumseh Sherman, asking not to be promoted to Lt Gen to rival Grant in 1864
No one did. Grant was in charge of all the union forces in the East, and Grant appointed William Tecumseh Sherman to the forces in the South of the Confederacy.
Yes. He made a successful partnership with Grant.
William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses grant General of the Union army, General Henry Halleck a follow officer, and Joe Johnston the southern general who surrender to him, ending the Civil War
William Tecumseh Sherman
That general was William Tecumseh Sherman. He was one of General Grant's lieutenants at Shiloh and Vicksburg, and was the overall commander of the combined Union armies at Atlanta.
William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman was a military officer from 1840-1853 and from 1861-1883. After the military retirement of General Grant, Sherman was commanding general of all US Army forces. From 1853-1861, according to University of Notre Dame archivists, Sherman was "a banker in California, a lawyer in Ohio, a superintendent of a military academy in Louisiana (forerunner of Louisiana State University), and president of a street railway in St. Louis." The following link is to the Sherman family papers at the University of Notre Dame Archives.