General William Tecumseh Sherm

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in Lancaster, Ohio on February 8, 1820 (McPhersonxxx 731). His family had had a long history of political positions, although Sherman was always strong in his dislike for the such. 1829 proved to be an impacting year in his life, when his father died leaving his mother responsible for their ten children (Sherman 1). Sherman was taken in as an adoptive child by Mr. Thomas Ewing, a family friend (Sherman 1). This man proved to be an important figure in his life because his political influence managed to get Tecumseh into West Point when he was sixteen. He graduated sixth in his class in 1840 (Ward 706). Sherman then held insignificant military positions in Florida and Mexico, and played no fighting role in the Mexican War, posted as a recruiting officer (Britannica 1). In 1853, after being stationed in California, he retired from service due to the Gold Rush and took up a banking position in a nearby bank (Ward 706). He failed in this area and attempted at being a lawyer and ...

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for his campaign and answered he needed said two hundred thousand. He was later publicly ridiculed for this and called "Crazy Sherman" (McPherson 707). Sherman obviously proved these critics wrong with his significant contribution at the battle of Shiloh.
At the battle of Shiloh, which began on March 10, 1862, Sherman finally displayed his military brilliance by dazzling the Confederate army with his superior military stratagems (Sherman 3). Sherman joined forces here with other generals under the leadership of U.S. Grant and battled against Confederate General Johnston (Americana 172). He and his men fought bravely for two days, and even ran behind retreating Confederate men as ...

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