The Civil War, Day by Day

Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman


General William Tecumseh Sherman Born

Sherman held commands at Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, Chattanooga, and Atlanta, and eventually led the Federal Army of Tennessee. His fiery, destructive march across Georgia and South Carolina hastened the end of the war, but made him infamous in the South.



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