lead the march to sea
Union General William T. Sherman played a large role in the US army in the US Civil War. Later on, remaining in the US army, he was a key figure in wars with Native Americans.
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During the American Civil War, General William Tecumseh Sherman played a huge role in the outcome of the war by capturing Atlanta, and successfully destroying Confederate railroads and industries. Sherman believed in total war and left a path of destruction as he marched to Atlanta.
Sherman was a Union general and he lead a campaign that came in from the north-west and and went along a giant curve crossing most of the central Confederacy and razing several cities before he reached the eastern seaboard.
During the American Civil War, General William Tecumseh Sherman played a huge role in the outcome of the war by capturing Atlanta, and successfully destroying Confederate railroads and industries. Sherman believed in total war and left a path of destruction as he marched to Atlanta.
Union Major General William T. Sherman had played a key role in the US Civil War. After the war ended he wrote extensively about the importance of logistics. He provided statistics on the value of moving supplies and soldiers by railways in comparison to using roadways. His conclusions favored the use of railways over using roads. One concern, however, regarding railroads was the danger that Confederate cavalry presented. Rebel cavalry units often hampered Sherman's supply lines by destroying bridges and rails that trains required for his campaigns in the Western Theater.
Union General William T. Sherman played an important role in the US Civil War. His efforts helped in a large way to defeat the Confederacy. His early life is ofter overlooked. Here are some interesting parts of his background before the US Civil War:* Sherman was raised as a ward of a prominent lawyer and politician, Thomas Ewing;* Sherman's widowed mother was unable to properly raise her eleven children so the Roman Catholic Ewing family agreed to raise Sherman;* Sherman's original name was only Tecumseh, for the Native American chief. People referred to Sherman as Cump;* Sherman acquired his Christian name when Ewing's priest baptized him on St. Williams Day;* As a youth, Sherman hated his natural red hair and tried to use a dye to change the color;* Sadly, this turned his hair to a strange looking green color; and* He graduated from West Point and was known there as a prankster and drinker.
he brunt down houses, stole peoples prize possesions and killed people in an attempt to end the war
In 1843, Lieutenant William Tecumseh Sherman became engaged to Ellen Boyle Ewing; in 1850 they were married. Ellen was his only wife; they had eight children and remained married until her death in 1888.
From Shiloh through the Vicksburg campaign and the Battle of Lookout Mountain, Sherman served as Grant's subordinate in the Union Army of the Tennessee. When Grant assumed overall command of Union forces and moved to Washington, Sherman took command of all Union forces in the West (West of the Appalachians) and began his campaign of total war known as Sherman's March to the Sea.
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He was the South's ( Confederates ) General . He lead the confederates during the Civil War .