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General William T. Sherman
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/General_William_T._Sherman
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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
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gptkb:Treaty_of_Bosque_Redondo
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