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hood (New respondent) Perhaps more specifically, Bedford Forrest.
Forrest Sherman's birth name is Sherman, Forrest Percival.
Because Forrest was a diabolically successful cavalry leader, who kept attacking Sherman's supply-line, a single-track railroad all the way from Nashville with 24 viaducts. This is what caused Sherman to abandon his supply-line and live off the land as he crossed Georgia to the sea.
William Tecumseh Sherman.
William Tecumseh Sherman was born on February 8, 1820.
William Tecumseh Sherman .
Capturing the Union supply-base at Holly Springs, while Bedford Forrest cut the telegraph lines. Grant had to halt, and Sherman was incommunicado.
Forrest Sherman died on July 22, 1951, in Naples, Italy.
William Tecumseh Sherman died on February 14, 1891 at the age of 71.
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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William Tecumseh Sherman and his wife Ellen had eight children: Maria, Mary Elizabeth, William, Charles, Eleanor, Ellen, Rachel, and Thomas.