William T. Sherman

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:awardReceived 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:Rachel_Sherman
gptkb:Thomas_Ewing_Sherman
gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman_Jr.
gptkb:Blanche_Sherman
gptkb:Maria_Sherman
gptkb:Mary_Elizabeth_Sherman
gptkbp:commander gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkb:Army_of_the_Tennessee
gptkb:Department_of_the_Cumberland
gptkb:Military_Division_of_the_Mississippi
gptkbp:deathDate 1891-02-14
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:ethnicGroup Irish American
English American
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William T. Sherman
gptkbp:knownFor scorched earth policies
total war strategy
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:March_to_the_Sea
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Memoirs_of_General_William_T._Sherman
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:educator
gptkb:military_officer
businessman
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Charles_Robert_Sherman
gptkb:Mary_Hoyt_Sherman
gptkbp:portrait Mathew Brady photograph
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant_(as_Commanding_General_of_the_U.S._Army)
gptkbp:religion none (agnostic)
gptkbp:residence gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkb:Lancaster,_Ohio
gptkbp:servedUnder gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:John_Sherman
gptkbp:signature William T Sherman Signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ellen_Ewing_Sherman
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Philip_Sheridan_(as_Commanding_General_of_the_U.S._Army)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fort_Laramie_Treaty_of_1868
gptkb:U.S._Army_Judge_Advocate_General's_Corps
gptkb:Army_of_the_Tennessee
gptkb:Battle_of_Atlanta
gptkb:Treaty_of_Fort_Laramie_(1868)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5