William Tecumseh Sherman had a lot in common with Ulysses S. Grant. Like Grant, he was born in Ohio. Like Grant, he graduated from the military academy at West Point. Like Grant, he failed as a ...

Elmira, NY, has written several other book in the Emerging Civil War series. This study of Sherman began while he was an undergraduate at SUNY Cortland, 25 years ago, when he began to view the general ...

As the civil-rights era receded, his personal heroism loomed larger. But movement politics didn’t easily translate into party ...

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout, of the Licking County Library, uncovers the story of Peter Diamond and his 1825 ...

Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s telegram, received in Washington on Sept. 3, a day after his forces had taken Atlanta, signaled another turning point of the war. Lincoln ordered 100-gun salutes ...

His three sons all became Civil War Generals. Possibly his greatest contribution to the Civil War, however, was through his foster son and later his son-in-law, William Tecumseh Sherman. In 1966 I ...

ALEXANDRIA, La. - The Old LSU Site, located on the present-day grounds of the Alexandria Forestry Center (AFC) in Pineville, ...

Their paternal grandfather was Norwegian. Through family connections—Mrs. Wiborg was General William Tecumseh Sherman’s favorite niece, and a great friend of Mrs. Patrick Campbell—the girls ...

Military commanders on both sides, particularly Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, tried to limit coverage. Sherman blamed the press for leaking battle plans and causing the North’s defeat at the ...

In that capacity, he led troops in the decisive Atlanta campaign, riding through the South with William Tecumseh Sherman on ...

His foster son and future son-in-law would be the well-known Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman. Licking County history:Mary Gilbert's uncle bequeathed her $60,000 to marry her cousin. She was 'greatly ...