Gen. William T. Sherman, mythic figure in American history, was born in Lancaster, Ohio in 1820. His birthplace, the Sherman ...

It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It ...

General William Tecumseh Sherman’s wartime sword ... it is conceivable that the North would not have won the Civil War and that the Union would not have been preserved,” said Adam Fleischer ...

It is fascinating to note that, notwithstanding his antisemitism, Sherman was a great admirer of Rose Eytinge (1835-1911), a Jewish-American actress and author who rose to become one of the most popul ...

Sherman's "March to the Sea" Campaign during the Civil War ... fell into Union hands. In May 1864, 44-year-old Union General William Tecumseh Sherman moved his army of 100,000 men into north ...

but when the Civil War broke out, he joined the U.S. Army as a colonel. Sherman fought at the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia, in which Union troops were beaten badly by the Confederate Army.

On both sides, the Civil ... Union and Confederate forces. National Museum of American History Pin made of William T. Sherman uniform buttons National Museum of American History Campaign hat worn by ...

Thomas has been subordinated to Grant, Sherman ... top generals who were his contemporaries. James I. Robertson Jr., biographer of Stonewall Jackson and a longtime professor of Civil War history ...

Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short ... that the farmers of Liberia could bolster the Union war effort. Mercifully for Union generals, President Abraham Lincoln officially ...

This provoked the wrath of these Southern women toward the Union soldiers ... of the American Civil War", is well-researched, well written, and offers many insights into the experiences of the ...