Brigadier General William T. Sherman

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Brigadier_General_William_T._Sherman

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Grand_Army_of_the_Republic_Medal gptkb:Civil_War_Campaign_Medal gptkb:Mexican_War_Service_Medal
gptkbp:birth_date	February 8, 1820
gptkbp:birth_place	gptkb:Lancaster,_Ohio
gptkbp:burial_place	gptkb:Calvary_Cemetery,_St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Mary_E._Sherman gptkb:Eugene_Sherman gptkb:William_T._Sherman_Jr. gptkb:Charles_R._Sherman Ellen Sherman
gptkbp:death_date	February 14, 1891
gptkbp:education	gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:famous_for	gptkb:March_to_the_Sea
gptkbp:famous_quote	War is hell. I will make Georgia howl. The only good Indian is a dead Indian. You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. I am tired of the war. If I had to choose between the Constitution and the Union, I would choose the Union.
gptkbp:full_name	gptkb:Colonel_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Brigadier General William T. Sherman
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Philip_Sheridan gptkb:William_Henry_Seward gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant gptkb:George_H._Thomas
gptkbp:influenced_by	gptkb:West_Point_Military_Academy
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Uncle_Billy
gptkbp:notable_battle	gptkb:Battle_of_Atlanta gptkb:Battle_of_Savannah gptkb:Battle_of_Shiloh gptkb:Battle_of_Vicksburg gptkb:Battle_of_Chattanooga
gptkbp:notable_command	gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:political_affiliation	gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:post_war_career	gptkb:President_of_Louisiana_State_University gptkb:Brigadier_General
gptkbp:rank	gptkb:Brigadier_General
gptkbp:service_branch	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:service_years	1840–1884
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Ellen_Ewing_Sherman
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Army_of_the_Ohio gptkb:Army_of_the_Potomac's_Reserve_Corps
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5