General William T. Sherman

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/General_William_T._Sherman
GPTKB entity
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Union_Army
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:awarded Thanks of Congress
gptkbp:birthDate 1820-02-08
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Lancaster,_Ohio,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Calvary_Cemetery,_St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:pneumonia
gptkbp:child gptkb:Charles_Celestine_Sherman
gptkb:Eleanor_Sherman
gptkb:Philemon_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkb:Rachel_Sherman
gptkb:Thomas_Ewing_Sherman
gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman_Jr.
gptkb:Mary_Elizabeth_Sherman
gptkbp:deathDate 1891-02-14
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:education gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:American
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkbp:graduationYear 1840
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General William T. Sherman
gptkbp:knownFor scorched earth policies
total war strategy
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Union_Army
gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General
gptkbp:nickname Cump
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Battle_of_Atlanta
gptkb:Chattanooga_Campaign
gptkb:March_to_the_Sea
gptkb:Vicksburg_Campaign
gptkbp:notableQuote War is hell.
I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected.
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Memoirs_of_General_William_T._Sherman
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
author
gptkbp:portrait Mathew Brady photograph
gptkbp:postwarUse gptkb:Commanding_General_of_the_United_States_Army
author
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Philip_Sheridan
gptkbp:religion nominally Catholic
gptkbp:servedUnder gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:serviceYears 1840–1853
1861–1884
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:John_Sherman
gptkbp:signature William Tecumseh Sherman signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ellen_Ewing_Sherman
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Philip_Sheridan
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Treaty_of_Bosque_Redondo
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6