William Tecumseh Sherman

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Union Army general human military strategist

William Tecumseh Sherman was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War, best known for his "March to the Sea" and his strategy of total war against the Confederacy.

Aliases (2)

Sherman ×4
William T. Sherman ×2

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Union Army general → human → military strategist →
adoptiveFamily	Thomas Ewing Sr. →
allegiance	United States of America →
authored	Memoirs of General William T. Sherman →
birthDate	1820-02-08 →
birthPlace	Lancaster, Ohio, United States →
captured	Atlanta, Georgia, in September 1864 →
classRankAtGraduation	6th out of 42 →
commanded	Military Division of the Mississippi → Military Division of the Missouri →
conflict	American Civil War →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1891-02-14 →
deathPlace	New York City, New York, United States →
education	United States Military Academy at West Point →
endTime	1883 →
ethnicGroup	European American →
familyName	Sherman →
famousQuote	War is hell. →
father	Charles Robert Sherman →
fullName	William Tecumseh Sherman →
givenName	William →
graduationYear	1840 →
languageSpoken	English →
led	Sherman’s March to the Sea from Atlanta to Savannah in 1864 →
middleName	Tecumseh →
militaryBranch	Union Army → United States Army →
mother	Mary Hoyt Sherman →
nickname	Cump →
notableFor	Atlanta Campaign → Carolinas Campaign → March to the Sea → use of total war strategy →
numberOfChildren	8 →
placeOfBurial	Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States →
politicalAffiliation	Republican Party (later in life, loosely associated) →
positionHeld	Commanding General of the United States Army →
predecessor	Ulysses S. Grant →
publicationDate	1875 →
rank	General of the Army of the United States → Major General →
religion	Roman Catholic (by family association through the Ewings) →
servedIn	Mexican–American War → Second Seminole War →
spouse	Ellen Ewing Sherman →
startTime	1869 →
strategy	scorched earth → total war →
successor	Philip Sheridan →

Referenced by (36)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Atlanta Campaign → Battle of Shiloh → Carolinas Campaign → Chattanooga Campaign ("William T. Sherman") → Sherman’s March to the Sea → Siege of Vicksburg →	commander
Mary Hoyt Sherman ("Sherman") → Roger Sherman ("Sherman") → William Tecumseh Sherman ("Sherman") → William Tecumseh Sherman ("Sherman") →	familyName
Military Division of the Mississippi → Union → Union Army →	notableCommander
American Civil War → Military Division of the Mississippi →	hasCommander
Cump →	appliedTo
Cump →	associatedWithFamilyOf
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman →	author
Lancaster, Ohio →	birthplaceOf
Atlanta Campaign →	campaignCommanderUnion
Mary Hoyt Sherman →	child
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park →	commandedBy
Thomas Ewing →	fatherInLawOf
William Tecumseh Sherman →	fullName
Cump →	hasNotableBearer
Lancaster, Ohio →	hasNotablePerson
Carolinas Campaign →	ledBy
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman →	mainSubject
General Sherman Tree →	namedAfter
Cump →	nicknameOf
Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis) →	notableBurial
Mary Hoyt Sherman →	notableFamilyMember
Commanding General of the United States Army →	notableOfficeHolder
Thomas Ewing →	notableRelative
Henry W. Halleck ("William T. Sherman") →	servedWith
Military Division of the Mississippi →	successorCommander