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William Tecumseh ("Teak") Sherman, the Civil War General who teamed up successfully with Ulysses Grant, and helped to end the war by crossing Georgia almost unmolested, demonstrating that the Confederacy was too weak to survive.

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Q: What was the World War 2 Sherman tank named after?
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