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Later life of William Tecumseh Sherman Sherman remained a soldier to the end, though his view of warfare was succinctly put in his oft-quoted assertion that “war is hell.” When Grant became a full general in 1866, Sherman moved up to the rank of lieutenant general, and when Grant became president in 1869, he made Sherman commanding general of the army, a post he held until 1884.
Sherman, William Tecumseh Enciclopedia on line Generale (Lancaster, Ohio, 1820 - New York 1891); capitano dell' esercito , si dimise nel 1853 per divenire direttore di banca, quindi avvocato.
17 set 2014 · Major General William Tecumseh Sherman was a contradiction embodied. He eliminated Atlanta's war making potential and brought sheer destruction to Georgia, then offered generous surrender terms. His vision of hard war brought the Confederacy to its knees, but forestalled thousands of battlefield and civilian deaths.
William Tecumseh Sherman fue un militar, educador y escritor estadounidense. Su celebridad viene de su participación con el rango de general en la guerra civil de Estados Unidos (1861-1865), donde recibió tanto elogios por su eficiente utilización de la estrategia militar, como también fuertes cuestionamientos por su implacable política de tierra arrasada que aplicó en la llamada guerra ...
William Tecumseh Sherman. Některá data mohou pocházet z datové položky. Generál William Tecumseh Sherman ( 8. února 1820 – 14. února 1891) patřil k nejvýznamnějším velitelům vojsk Severu v americké občanské válce. Zpočátku velel divizi, později armádě. V letech 1869 – 1883 byl vrchním velitelem armády Spojených ...
12 gen 2024 · William Tecumseh Sherman died in New York City on February 14, 1891, of unspecified causes. Following a funeral at his home on February 19, Sherman’s body was transported to St. Louis, Missouri, where his son Thomas Ewing Sherman, a Jesuit priest, presided over a second funeral on February 21.
William Tecumseh Sherman, (born Feb. 8, 1820, Lancaster, Ohio, U.S.—died Feb. 14, 1891, New York, N.Y.), U.S. army general. A brother of John Sherman, he graduated from West Point, served in Florida and California, then resigned his commission in 1853 to pursue a banking career. He rejoined the Union army when the American Civil War broke out.
