Complex sentence: Ellen Ewing Sherman (October 4 1824--November 28 1888), was the wife of General William Tecumseh Sherman, a leading Union general in the American Civil War; she was also a prominent figure of the times in her own right.
Split into simpler sentences: Ellen Ewing Sherman (October 4 1824--November 28 1888), was the wife of General William Tecumseh Sherman, a leading Union general in the American Civil War. She was also a prominent figure of the times in her own right.