Sherman carried credibility with Grant, tested under fire, and was a trusted friend.
Grant, Sherman and Sheridan
Capturing the Union supply-base at Holly Springs, while Bedford Forrest cut the telegraph lines. Grant had to halt, and Sherman was incommunicado.
Sherman practiced a strategy called total war. They both surrounded their opponents.
Ulysses S. Grant!. ANSWER William Tecumseh Sherman.
Ulysses Sherman Grant died in 1932.
Ulysses Sherman Grant was born in 1867.
For a major part of the US Civil War, General Sherman reported to General US Grant. They did not always agree on tactics. For example, Sherman thought it was foolish of Grant to order him to dig a canal to change the course of the Mississippi River in order to capture Vicksburg. Also, Sherman believed that Grant was over worried about news reporters in their camps.
Sherman
Became General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army when Grant retired in order to become President.
General Sherman wrote about his reasons of concern for his friend US Grant at the Siege of Vicksburg. Sherman believed that Grant was working and hampered by Northern public opinion. So much so that Sherman feared Grant would abandon the effort to capture Vicksburg.
Everything was burned from Atlanta to the sea in order to keep the Confederates from having access to foodstuffs and shelter.
Because Sherman had proved himself a competent General who had given good service to Grant. They were also good friends. In his memoirs, Sherman said "He stood by me when I was mad. And I stood by him when he was drunk."
To change the course of the war. Grant and Sherman both believed that it was the strength of the people's will that was keeping the war going.
Sherman carried credibility with Grant, tested under fire, and was a trusted friend.
Grant and Sherman
William Sherman