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8th grade Project William Tecumseh Sherman By: Lyle Troutman [|://] [|images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.old-picture.com/civil-war/pictures/General-William-Sherman.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.old-picture.com/civil-war/General-William-Sherman-T.htm&usg=__VHKUj2QbtsugNDW04zScq0r1Z1Q=&h=722&w=594&sz=50&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=ixUR11pTK0Tq1M:&tbnh=140&tbnw=115&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwilliam%2Btecumseh%2Bsherman%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26um%3D1]

William Tecumsch Sherman was born in Lancaster, Ohio February 8, 1820. His father,Charles, died when he was young. With his mom, Mary, a widow with six children. Sherman was named by a Shawnee indiam leader Tecumseh, and then was baptized into the Catholic Church. His brother Thomas went to his Aunt. William then became a foster child to Thomas Ewing. As a kid he got the name Cump. Cump then went on to marry Mr. Ewings daughter Ellen they had eight children. Sherman then went to U.S Military Academy West Point. He graduated in 1840. William was sent to San Francisco during the Mexican War. He resigned in 1853, and became a partner in a bank in San Francisco.

Before the outbreak between the North and South Cump was the Superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary and Military Academy at Alexandria, Louisiana. He then resigned January 18, 1861 he did it because prefered to maintain his allegance to the constitution. He returned to Lancaster, Ohio. He stade there for a month and moved to St. Louis, Missori, and was elected President of the Fifth Street Railroad. On May 8, 1861 Sherman wrote to the Secretary of War offering his Services not for three months, but for **THREE YEARS!** But,he didn't want a political general. On June 20, 1861 he accepted the grade of colonel in the Thirteenth Regular Infantry. In August 1861 was promoted to Brigadier General. He was then in the Battle of Bull Run, on Febuary 13 1862 Sherman assumed the comand of the post at Paducah Kentucky relieving U.S Grant. In the spring of 1864, Cump was made supreme commander of the armies in the West and was orderd by Grant to "create havoc and destruction of all resources that would be beneficial to the enemy". With a huge army of 98,797 troops and 254 cannons, on May 4, 1864 Sherman began his Alanta Campaign. He then led the Meridian Expedition, and took over the army in the west. Then facing Joseph E. Johnston's army forced them all the way back into Alanta where the Confederarte leader then was replaced by John B. Hood who launched disastorous attacks against the union troops neat Alanta. Sherman then tooke control of Alanta, Sherman ordered the population evacuated and the military value of the city distroyed. Tecumseh then set out for his march to the sea. Then Sherman took Savannah which he siad that it was a christmas gift for the president and the country. He then marched north to aid Grant in the final drive for Richmond, he went through the Carolinas and accepted Johnston's surrender at Durham Station. During the last two campaignes Sherman had got a reputation for destuction and for the lack of dicipline of his troops his stragglers became known as "Shermans bummers". He was hated in the south for setting fire to Columbia and South Carolina. But, they say the fires were started by the confederates of retreat. On August 12, 1864 Sherman was promoted Major General in the regular army, he then handed in his volunteer commission and, he was the only man to twice recieve Thanks of Congress during the Civil War. After the war he remained in the service, was full General and repalcing Grant's Chief-in-staff. Shermans most important contributes was establishing the Command School at Ft. Leavenworth. Tecumseh retired for the army February 8, 1884. He then <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">made his home in <span style="font-size: 12pt; background: #aaffaa; color: #008800; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">NewYork City <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">where he died on <span style="font-size: 12pt; background: #aaffaa; color: #008800; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Febuary <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">14, 1891 at the age of 71. T <span style="font-size: 12pt; background: #aaffaa; color: #008800; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">hen was <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">buried in Calvary <span style="font-size: 12pt; background: #aaffaa; color: #008800; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Cemetary, St.Louis. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; background: #aaffaa; color: #008800; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; background: #aaffaa; color: #008800; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">U:\history\William Tecumseh Sherman website.mht <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">[|http://www.civilwarhome.com/sherbio.htm] www.findagrave.com/pictures www.rootsweb.ancestery.com

This is the route he took to Savanah and then north.

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