Sherman, died, and his mother, Mary Hoyt Sherman, couldn't support ... when he was young—family members called him “Cump." 2. William Tecumseh Sherman excelled at West Point.

Stanley, William Tecumseh Sherman ... However, the West Point graduate didn't always seem a likely choice for fame. Sherman's career history was as hilly as the streets in his first post-service ...

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 ...

General William ... Sherman's uniform’s rank insignia worn during the Civil War, a family Bible and his personal, annotated copy of Ulysses S. Grant’s memoirs. Sherman, a West Point graduate ...

After being born in and growing up in Lancaster, east of Columbus, William T. Sherman joined the U.S. Army, graduating from West Point in 1840. He accepted posts around the country and later ...

He wasn't popular in the South at the Civil War's end, and in many ways, he still isn't. But that didn't keep Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman from ... having graduated West Point in 1840 and serving ...

The Army and Navy Journal says: "The annual examination of the cadets of the Military Academy at West Point excites unusual ... GRANT and Maj.-Gen. SHERMAN -- have improved the occasion of the ...

One hundred and sixty years ago this month, U.S. General William T. Sherman ... refugee story of Sherman’s march matters. For the refugees, the crossing was a turning point.