Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-02-20
PLACE OF BURIAL.


The following telegram was forwarded
from Columbus.
Gen. Thomas Ewing, New York City: As
! a representative OF the people OF Ohio, l
claim the body OF Gen. Sherman for burial
ON the soil Of the state which gave him
birth. The people Of Ohio will keep his
grave green,
lsigned) JAMES Il CAMPBELL.
VIII be Buried In 81. Lotsa.
According to the expressed wishes Of
Gesx Sherman his body will be Inferred
bexltsA those OF his wife and son, In Cal
vary cemetery, st. Louis. In accc rdancc
also with his wishes his will be itrctly
q military funeral-soldier to the last
William Tecumsai, Sherman was torn at
Lancaster, O., Feb. s, 1890. His braach OF
the family Is traced to Samuel SHERMAN, Of
Essex, England, who came to this country
in 1854, with his brother and the Rcr. John
| sherman, and his cousin, Chpt. John Shcr-
man. Roger Sherman. signer of tbN deca-
tatian OF independence, trace. his lineage
to the captain, and Gen. Sherman to- hat of
the Rev. John, whose family settled in
Woodbury. and Norwalk. Conn.,, whence
some OF them removed TO Lancaster. Fair
field county, Ohio, in 1910. The father OF
Gen. Sherman was q lawyer and for FIVE
years before his death, IN 1899, was Judge of
the supreme court His mother, who was
married In 1910, was May Hoyt. They had
eleven children, OF whom William was the
| sixth. and John the eighth. William was
adopted by Thomas Ewing. and attended
school in Lancaster until 1896. In July Of
that year he was scht as a cadet 10 West
Point, where he graduated in 1910,
sixth In class of forty-two members.
AmGng his classmates was Geo. Ii. Thomas
As cadet he is remembered as an earnest,
high spirited. honorable and outspoken
youth, deeply impressed, according t, one
of his early letters, with the grave fcspons-
| ibility properly attaching to ''serr ng Tie
| country He also at that time expressed
| a wish TO go To the far west, out Of civiiiza-
ti0n. lie was commissioned rs second
| lieutenant in the Tnird artillery, July J.,
ls40, and sent tn Florida where the cmheis
| of the Indian war were still smonlderihS.
| On Nov. 80. 1871, he was made a first lieu
tenant. and commanded n small detach-
mcnt at PicOlato. In 1s42 he was sent To
Fort Morgan, Mobile Point, Ala, aud later
| to Fort Moultire, Charleston Harbor. where
! he indulgcd in hunting and society, the i'm
mediate vicinity OF the fort being summer
resort for the people OF Charleston. In 1913,
on his return from short leave, be
| began the study Of law, not to make
! it profc ,sion. but to render himself a mo o
| intelligent soldier. When the Mexican war
began in 1886. he was sent WITH troops
| around Cape Horn to California, where he
| acted as adjutant-general to Gen. stephen
| W. Kearny, Col. Mason, and Gen. Porsifer
| F. Smith. Returning in 1850, on May l. he
married Miss Ellen Boyle Ewing, Mt Wash
| ing, her father, his Old friend, being then
| secretary Of the interior. He WAS appointed
| q captain in the commissary department,
Dec. 2, 1850, and sent 20 ST. Louis and New
| Orleans. He had already received a blovet
| of captain for service in California, to date
1 pA 10 x.f
| promotion, and small opportunity for
! his talent in the army in
| time of peace, he resigned his commission
Sept. 6, 1853, the few graduates of West
Point being at that time in great demand
In many walks Of life. He was immediately
! appointed manager Of the branch bank oi
Lucas. Turner & Co., San Francisco When
| the affairs OF that establishment were
wound up In 1851 he returned ~ st. Louis and
| lived for lime in New York as agent for
the St LDui. firm. In 1859 Hc was a
counselor -at-law in Leavenworth, kas.,
| and in the next year became supcrintcnd-
ent OF OF the state military academy at
! Alexandria, La, where he did good work;
| but when that state seeded from the union
he promptly resigned and returned 10 st.
| Louis, where he was, for short time. presi-
| dent of the Fifth street railroad.
| Ofthe civil war he took what were then
considered extreme views. He re-
garded President LincO!n's call f.r
| $4,000 three months men, in April. 1861,
| as trihng with Il serious matter. declaring
| that the rising Of the cccessionists was net a
mob, to be put down by the posse combat,ls,
but u war IL bc fought out by armies. On
May IL, he was commissioned colonel of the
| Thirteenth Infantry. with Instructors Ia
report to Gen. Scott at Washington. That
| officer had .matured plan ofcampaisn, and
was about to put 1t into execution. sher-
l m ~ i,S brigade
Tyler's division OF the army that marched
| to Bull Run. His brigade comprised the
| Thirteenth. Slxty-ntnth, ana Seventy
ninth New York. and Second Wisconsin r. Z
| iments Tho cnemy's left had been fairly
| turned and Sherinan's brigade was hotly
engaged, when the confederates were rein
| forced, The ma tional troops made fatal de-
| lays, and, struck by panic, the
| army was soon in fun Ic:reat
| Shermans brigade had bat III killed
POS wounded, and 29s missing. On Aug. 3
1861, he was made a brigadier- general OF
| volunteers, to date from May II, and cn
Aug. IS he was sent from the army OF the
Potomac to be second In command In tho
| army Of Gen. Robert Anderson in Ken.
| tucly. Few persons were prepared for the
| curious problem Of Kentucky politics
| What has been called 1.-The secession jug
| gle.H was at least partially successful. On
| account OF broken health Gen. Anderson
I
| mand. and he was succeeded py sherman OF
Oct. IL 1t was expected by the govern
ment that the men, to keep Kentucky w.
! the union, would be recruited from tho
state and that the numbers required
would he but few; but this expectation
| was doomed TO he disappointed
/ Sherman looked for a great war. aud de
clared that 10000 men would be required
| to drive the enemy out of the state. ano
| 20a, 600 to put an end to the struggle In thai
| region. Most men looked upon this pro
phetic sagacity as craziness He was re-
| lieved from his command By Gen. Buell.
| Nov. 12, and ordered 70 report To Gen. Hal
leck. commanding tho department Of ths
west. He was placed IN command Of Ben
| ton barracks. Al this time Gen. Ulysses $
| Grant was In command ct the force to move
on Forts Henry and Donaldson. In Feb.
1861, and just after the capture OF thes'
strongholds. Sherman was assigned TO thu
army Of the Tennessee. 1t consisted of 81,
| divisions, OF which Sherman was In com
mand OF the ffth. In the battle Of Shiloh
or fittsburg landing, April 9 and z. shor
man. > men were posted at Shi,oh church
and the enemy were so strong that all thu
| detacbments were hotly engaged. and shcr
| man served as pivot. When the army o
| the Ohio came up, during the night. Gran
had already ordered Sherman to advance
and when the combined forces moved, tn
enemy retrcated rapidly upon Corinth. Th'
| loss In Sherman's division was 1904 men
lie was wounded In the hand. but did no
leave the field.
| The limits Of these columns will not per
nit US 10 follow him Through the war. Tht
| glOricS OF his success and distinguished
generalship are matters of common history
| the crOwning triumph being the ''march u
| the sea- = distance Of 225 miles in diTec
! line.
Preliminary to the dishandment OF tn,