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William Tecumseh Sherman. Birth/ Death. I was born on February 8 th , 1820 in Lancaster Ohio. I died 6 days after my 71 st birthday on February 14 th , 1891 in New York City. I past away just, because my health was failing over the years and I was old. My Name.
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Birth/ Death • I was born on February 8th, 1820 in Lancaster Ohio. • I died 6 days after my 71st birthday on February 14th, 1891 in New York City. • I past away just, because my health was failing over the years and I was old.
My Name • Until the age of 9 most people just called me Tecumseh. • My father had a fascination with the great Pawnees Chief Tecumseh. • At the age of 9 is when I adopted the name William. • As a kid my nickname was “Cump” • When I was in the military my troops called me “Uncle Billy”
Childhood/Family • My father Charles Robert Sherman was in the Military and served as a Major in the war of 1812 and then in 1823 he became apart of the Ohio Supreme Court and sadly unexpectedly my dad died at the age of 40 in 1829. • My mother was just like any other wonderful women in that time period and stayed home to keep the family with 11 kids up and running. • When I was 9 years old after my father died I was raised by one of our family friends Thomas Ewing who was a senator and first secretary of Interior from Ohio.
Childhood/Family • I am related to Roger Sherman one of the American founding fathers that I grew to admire very much still to this day. • Almost my entire family has something to do with the government. • My older brother Charles was a federal judge and one of my younger brothers, John served as a U.S senator and Cabinet Secretary. • Another brother Hoyt was a very successful banker and 2 of my foster brothers served as major generals for the Army in the Civil War. • Finale, my brother Hugh was an ambassador and my brother Thomas was a defense attorney for the military and was on the case for the Lincoln conspirators.
Schooling • I had proper schooling my entire life. • Education was not something you could lack in my family. • Senator Ewing said you need to have proper schooling to move on to better things in life. • When I was 16, Senator Ewing pulled some strings and got me into the United States Military Academy at West Point. • Senator Ewing was one of the most important people in life who kept me going and set me up for success.
West Point • West Point is where my career started. • George H. Thomas another general from my time was my room. • I excelled academically • I was very popular or basically I was the king of the hill. • I was not the best officer and I was never assigned to an office in the 4 years I attended west point. • I graduated in 1840 at 6th in my class
Army/ Careers • I entered the Army as a second lieutenant in the 3rd U.S Artillery where I got to see some action in the Second Seminole War in Florida. • I was then stationed in Georgia and South Carolina. • While many people where fighting the Mexican American War I was sent to California to controlled captured territory. • This was proving my Military career to be nothing but excellence so far. • Because I did not get to go to the Mexican war I resigned my commission in 1853. • While I was not in the Military any more I worked with Law and banking for a while. • I then proceeded to become the superintendent of the Louisiana Military Academy. I resigned in 1859.
The war • At the outbreak of the Civil War I headed North and made Colonel of the 13th United States Infantry. • My first Battle was the Battle of First Manassas where we lost. • President Lincoln, however, was very impressed with my performance and he promoted me to Brigadier General on August 7, 1861.This ranked me 7th among the Union Army. • After that I was sent to Kentucky where I was expressing my feelings about how I knew the war would not be ending quickly which made me get sent over to St. Louis to control that territory. • After a few wins I had after my set back I was promoted to Major General of the volunteers on May 1, 1862
The war • On December 21, 1864 I wired President Lincoln to tell him I have an early Christmas present for him. • The present was I just went on my now famous “March to the Sea” which was a 60 mile wide march through the heartland of Georgia taking Savannah. • “I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.“ • I continued my Path of destruction and moved North where I captured Columbia and South Carolina on February 17, 1865. • Well one of the main reasons I traveled North was to take over Joseph E. Johnston. Which I did on April 26, 1865 taking Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas
After the War • I remained in the Military after the war • Eventually I rose to Full General when U.S Grant became the President of the United States. • I kept the Rank of Full General commanding the entire Army from 1869 to 1883.
Quick Facts • I was a Business man at one point in time as well as an Author, but that was basically to just make ends meet. • I am know for my “Total Warfare” Strategy. • I married Ellen Ewing Senator Ewing daughter in 1950 and had 8 children with her. • I feel like I changed History with the way I strategized war. • Hopefully a 100 years from today they still remember the accomplishments I make and the sacrifices I made to bring this country together.
