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Was William T. sherman union or confederate?

General William T. Sherman was a General for the Union Army.


Is William Tecumseh Sherman a Confederate soldier or a Union soldier?

General William T. Sherman was a general leading Union troops.


Was General William Sherman part of the Union Army or Confederate Army?

William T. Sherman was a leader of Union soldiers.


Was William Sherman a confederate army general?

No. A Union General, and trusted friend and colleague of U.S.Grant.


Who was the union general who was overrun by confederate general beauregard in tenn with beauregard establishing his headquarters in the union generals own tent?

general william t. sherman


What Confederate general surrendered to General William T Sherman in Atlanta in September 1864?

No Confederate General surrendered the City of Atlanta to Sherman's Union forces. The Confederate forces under Hood evacuated the city in September 1864. General Sherman in turn evacuated the city after burning it in November of that year, returning it to Confederate control.


How did Union General Sherman find out that Confederate General Joseph Johnston was being replaced?

In mid-July of 1864, Union General William Sherman was headquartered outside of Atlanta. There a Union spy informed him that Confederate General Joseph Johnston was being replaced with General John Bell Hood. Sherman knew little about Hood, except that he lost a leg at the Battle of Chickamauga.


Why did Union General William T Sherman allow the Confederate Secretary of War to help Confederate General Johnston negotiate Johnston's surrender?

After the first meeting of Union General Sherman and Confederate General Johnston to negotiate Johnston's surrender, Johnston asked that in their next meeting, the Confederate Secretary of War. John C. Breckinridge be present. Sherman objected to having a political appointee of the Confederacy to join the next meeting. Johnston countered by reminding Sherman that Breckinridge was also a major general in the Confederate army. Based on that, Sherman agreed to allow Breckinridge to attend the next surrender meeting.


Who is the Union general who waged total war on the south?

William T Sherman


What Union General bacame famous for his march of destruction through Georgia?

It was William T. Sherman.


Was William T Sherman in the Union or Confederacy?

He served in the Union as a general.


Is the sherman's march to the sea a union or confederate?

Sherman was a Union General, who had been promoted by Grant. His March to the Sea was a campaign of destruction that had the effect of starving the Confederate troops in the field.