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.

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William Tecumseh Sherman canonical 74
William T. Sherman 25
Sherman 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Union Army general ⓘ
human ⓘ
military strategist ⓘ
adoptiveFamily Thomas Ewing ⓘ
surface form: 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 Mississippi ⓘ
surface form: Military Division of the Missouri
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1891-02-14 ⓘ
deathPlace New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
education United States Military Academy ⓘ
surface form: United States Military Academy at West Point
endTime 1883 ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName William Tecumseh Sherman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sherman
famousQuote War is hell. ⓘ
father Charles Robert Sherman ⓘ
fullName William Tecumseh Sherman self-link ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
graduationYear 1840 ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
led Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ
surface form: Sherman’s March to the Sea from Atlanta to Savannah in 1864
middleName Tecumseh ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Volunteers ⓘ
surface form: Union Army

United States Army ⓘ
mother Mary Hoyt Sherman ⓘ
nickname Cump ⓘ
notableFor Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
Carolinas Campaign ⓘ
Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ
surface form: March to the Sea

use of total war strategy ⓘ
numberOfChildren 8 ⓘ
placeOfBurial Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
politicalAffiliation Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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American Civil War → hasCommander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
General Sherman Tree → namedAfter → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman → fullName → William Tecumseh Sherman self-link ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman → familyName → William Tecumseh Sherman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherman
Roger Sherman → familyName → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherman
Thomas Ewing → notableRelative → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Thomas Ewing → fatherInLawOf → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Union → notableCommander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Battle of Shiloh → commander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Sherman’s March to the Sea → commander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Siege of Vicksburg → commander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park → commandedBy → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Cump → nicknameOf → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Cump → appliedTo → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Cump → associatedWithFamilyOf → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Cump → hasNotableBearer → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Cump → familyName → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
subject surface form: William Tecumseh Sherman
this entity surface form: Sherman
Lancaster, Ohio, United States → hasNotablePerson → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
subject surface form: Lancaster, Ohio
Lancaster, Ohio, United States → birthplaceOf → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
subject surface form: Lancaster, Ohio
Atlanta Campaign → commander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
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Military Division of the Mississippi → hasCommander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Military Division of the Mississippi → successorCommander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Military Division of the Mississippi → notableCommander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
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subject surface form: Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis)
Commanding General of the United States Army → notableOfficeHolder → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman → author → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
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Union Army → notableCommander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Mary Hoyt Sherman → familyName → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
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Mary Hoyt Sherman → notableFamilyMember → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Mary Hoyt Sherman → child → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Henry W. Halleck → servedWith → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
this entity surface form: William T. Sherman
Carolinas Campaign → commander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Carolinas Campaign → ledBy → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Chattanooga Campaign → commander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
this entity surface form: William T. Sherman
Charles Robert Sherman → child → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Charles Robert Sherman → hasRelative → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Western Theater of the American Civil War → notableUnionCommander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Corinth campaign → commander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
this entity surface form: William T. Sherman
boosted the reputation of Ulysses S. Grant → commander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Shiloh
Mississippi Valley Theater → commandedBy → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
this entity surface form: William T. Sherman
Savannah Campaign → hasCommander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Savannah Campaign → commandedBy → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman
Army of the Tennessee → commander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Army of the Tennessee → notableCommander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Joseph E. Johnston → surrenderedTo → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Battle of Big Black River Bridge → commander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
this entity surface form: William T. Sherman
Don Carlos Buell → predecessorInCommand → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
this entity surface form: William T. Sherman (in some Western Theater responsibilities)
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain → commander → William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ