William Tecumseh Sherman

Born: 02/08/1820 (Lancaster, OH)
Died: 02/14/1891 (New York, NY)

Demographics:
Male; Caucasian

Profession:
Military, Lawyer, Banker

Military Service:
Civil War (1861-1865); Indian Wars (1865-1891)

Military Appointments:
U.S. Army, Captain, Regular (1840 - 1853);
State Militia, CA, Major General (1856);
U.S. Army, General, Regular (1861 - 1884)

Military Details:
2d Lt. U.S.A., 1840; 1st Lt. U.S.A., 1841; Bvt. Capt. U.S.A., 1848; Capt. U.S.A., 1850; Resigned 1853.*** Col. U.S.A., 1861; Brig. Gen., 1861; Maj. Gen., 1862; Brig. Gen. U.S.A., 1863; Maj. Gen. U.S.A., 1864; Lt. Gen. U.S.A., 1866; Bvt. Gen. U.S.A., 1868; Gen. U.S.A., 1869.

Political Positions:
U.S. Secretary of War, Interim, 9-Sep to 18-Oct (1869);
Commanding General, U.S. Army (1869 - 1883)

Education:
U.S. Military Academy (1840)

Groups/Organizations:
Military Order of the Loyal Legion

Family:
m. Elanor Boyle "Ellen" Ewing (1850)

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