General Sherman and The War

General Sherman and the Civil War William Tecumseh Sherman was born on May 8, 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio. He was educated at the U.S. Military Academy and later went on to become a Union General in the U.S. civil war. Sherman resigned from the army in 1853 and became a partner in a banking firm in San Francisco. He became the president of the Military College in Louisiana(now Louisiana state University) from 1859-1861. Sherman offered …showed first 75 words of 829 total…

…showed last 75 words of 829 total…is many a boy here who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell. You can bear this warning voice to generations to come." --- RESOURCES 1. SHERMAN FIGHTING PROPHET By LLOYD LEWIS HARCOURT, BRACE & WORLD, INC. NEW YORK 2. The AMERICAN HERITAGE Picture History of THE CIVIL WAR VOLUME TWO By the Editors of AMERICAN HERITAGE 3. Peoples Chronology, License from Henry Holt and Company, Inc 4. The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia, Columbia University Pres