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What did Union General William T Sherman explain to his brother about the Chickasaw Bayou in 1863?
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Chickasaw Bayou was problem for Union General William T. Sherman. After he withdrew is forces from the battle zone he informed his brother that the bayou was too strongly defended by the Confederates and that only with the help of another Union army providing two battle fronts could any progress be made.
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Who was the US Civil War Brigadier General Charles Ewing?
Union Brigadier General Charles Ewing was the brother in law of Union General William T. Sherman. He was a member of Sherman's staff and was involved in Sherman's assault on Georgia.
William Tecumseh sherman Why middle name Tecumseh?
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.
Was Hannibal a Roman general?
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Who was the US Civil War Brigadier General Charles Ewing?
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Why was William T Sherman named after Tecumseh?
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.
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British General Sir William Howe and his brother Vice Admiral Richard Howe.
Was Hannibal a Roman general?
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William Tecumseh sherman Why middle name Tecumseh?
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.
How old is Robert B. Sherman?
Robert B. Sherman was 86 years old when he died on March 6, 2012 (birthdate: December 19, 1925). He was the brother of Richard Morton Sherman (born 1928)
