The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-02-21
Gan. Sherman Meets tie
Grim Warrior Death,
With tho Same Courage ard
Bravery That Won Him .
Many Battles.
A Biographical Sketch Of
Americas Greatest
Soldier.

General William Tecumseh Sher-
man died at 1850 o'clock Wednes-
day Feb. IA. His end was peace
full. It could not have been more
co. He had been totally uncon-
scious all the morning, and ceased
to struggle long before the coming
of the end.
The immediate cause of death
was said to be the filling of his
lungs with mucous, which he had
not the strength to throw off. He
had fought so long as particle of
strength remained, and even at the
close his iron will was not van
ouished. He was not ready to go
until his son "Tom," the Rev
Thomas Ewing Sherman, now
speeding across the sea, had come
to him, but death beckoned and he
had to 90.
All the morning he lay dying,
his family grouped about his bed.
His struggles. which had been
painful when he returned to that
semi-consciousness, which showed
the proud, unconquered spirit that
still lived within him, were spite
fully weak now. With
ALL HOPE GONE
the family prayed only for q speedy
end. Several times it seemed as if
it had come, but once more the
spirit struggled back, and death
was beaten back, but at ten min
utes Of 2 there came a change.
The color and look which are
noticeable only when death comes
suddenly spread over the drawn
face, dis6gured with iodines, and
the nurse who had been bending
over him listening to the last faint
flutterings of his breath, quickly
Strengthened up and said.
"HE. Is DEAD.
Thus, thirty honrs after the last
Admiral Of the United States, the
last General, his friend for many
years, passed away. Grouped
around him his last moments were
Senator John Sherman, the Gener-
ais brother, his youngest son, P. T.
Sherman, his daugters, Mrs. Fitch
and Mrs. Thackara, and the two
unmarried ones Miss Rachel and
Miss Lizzie Sherman, who lived
with him. There were also pres
ent his niece, Mrs. Colgate Hoyt,
and her son, Lieutenant Fitch and
Lieutenant Thackara, his sons-in-
law, General Thomas Ewing, his
brother-in-law, J. M. Barrett, his
private secretary, and Drs. Alex
ander and Green, who have attend
ed him constantly during his last
illness.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
General Sherman was a native
of the State of Ohio, and was born
at Lancaster on the 9th of Febru-
airy, 1920. He was graduated at
West Point in his twenty-first year,
and saw military service in Florida
and the war with Mexico and else.
where, before resigning his commits
sion in the year 1858. Upon his
retirement from the army he began
business in San Francisco as q
banker, and continued his vocation
four years, including residence in
New York City. From 1857 to
1859 he practiced law in Leaven.
worth, Kansas. During the sue.
ceeding time up to the secession Of
the State from the Union, he acted
as superintendent of the Louisiana
Military Academp. His resigna.
ton took place in January, 1861,
and was almost Immediately fol-
lowed by his return to the army.
The civil war gave Sherman the
opportunity of distinguished SER
vice and placed him in the first
rank of living generals. His first
commission was that of colonel of
regiment of infantry. At the bat
tie of Bull Run he commanded q
brigade of volunteers, and was
made brigadier.general of volun-
teers. After serving a short time
in the camp of instruction at St.
Louis, he took part in the campaign
conducted in the State of Tennessee .