Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-19

Merchants' Exchange, together with
Grand Army Post Commander Herr
and commander of the Loyal Legion,
to meet to-day, then to organize as the
committee of arrangements. The tele-
gram concludes: General Merritt in
forms us he has not yet received any in
structions VIII you please telegraph
us in what manner we can best carry
out and cooperate with you in the ar
rangements you will make"
BIOGRAPHICAL
William Ttcumseh Sherman was born at
Lancaster, o., February S, 1922 He gradu-
ated from the West Point Military Academy
in 1870 and served in the Florida war in 1910
A. He was at various military posts in the
South until 1877, when he went to California,
where he was Acting Assistant Adiutant-
General until 1850. He was on commissary
duty in st. Louis N 1s50-52 and was stationed
at New Orlcan- until September 6, 1873, when
he resigned. From 1913 to IS he was
banker in san Francisco and New York. and
in 1883 he practiced law in Leayenworth
Kan He was superintendent of the Louisi-
ana Military Academy at Alexandria from 1883
to january ], 1861, when he went to ST. Louis.
On May Il, 1861, he was reappOinted in the
regular army with the rank of Colonel. and
three days later was made Brigadier- General
of volunteers. He commanded i brigade in
the first attic OF Bull Run, on July 2l, 1851
October of that year he was appointed to the
command of the department of the Cumber-
land, but afterward took charge of a camp
of instruction at 81. Louis, where he re-
mainel until February, 1852. when he was
given command of the district of North
western kentucky, with headquarters 1t
Palucar. Nv. He commanded division in
the Tennessee and Mississippi campaign.
F.,N 1aa4FT e Erwf
and Shiloh On April he was wounded in
the latter battle. He WAS in the advance upon
and siege Of Ccrinth, April 10 to MaT 30. and
was made Major General of volunteers
May 1 lie commanded a hastily or
ganized expedition which attempt
cd 10 capture Vicksburg Dcccmb
27-29 In lS6 in command of TIE Ff-
teenth army corps, he led the expedition
which carried Arkansas Post by assault Jan
nary j, ami until July 5 was actively engaged
in III. siege If NicksDurg. He w=s made
BrigadiCr- General in the gular army. his
commission dating from July 4, and daring
the summer and autumn was engage
I'm various operations in Mississippi and
Tennessee. He commanded he ieft wing of
the army al Chat anuO "a, NOv"mDcr3 to 2,
and at the beginning Of ID december compelled
General LOngstreet to raise the siege of
Knoxville. In February, 1854, with 900.
men, he marched to Meridian, MIS-, and
held the command of the department and
army of the Tennessee until March Y, when
he took that of the military divis on Cf the
Mssiss;p composed of the departments of
Ohio, CUmbe land, Tennessee and Arkansas
Having orgniZcd at Chattanooga az army
of 100000 men he invaded Georgia, engaging
the Confederate forces under General John
ston, whom he forced to evacuate Dalton
May y, at RcSGca May i, Cas>ville May 10,
Dallas May = to =. and afterwards almost
daily, until the protracted operations about
the henesJw mountains near Marietta June
20 to July ,, which involved severe repulse
June q He occupied Marietta July 3, aud
after several other engagements repeatedly
defeated Genera! Hood Johnstoas sue
cesSor. ~ command b. fore Atlanta, the Sc
verest battle being fought on July y, ald
began the eye of that city. on August u
he was made Major General in the regular
army.
The battle of JonesEurg was fought August
81. On the night of September Atlanta was
evacuated by General Hood, and General
Sherman occupied the city until the middle
of November, when he began his famous
march to the sea. He reached Savannah De-
cember 81, stormcd and caplur. Eort Meal |
lister, and on the 2lst received the surrender
of that city -Nith Savannah as his base, he |
marched INTO the Carolinas, and occupied |
Columbia. 5. C., February Il. He captured
Cheraw on March B. and Fayetteville on the |
18th. On the 10Th he fought the battlc of Av- |
erysborO, and on the 10 h, 2oth and 2lst that |
of Bentonviile, and on the 23d entered Colds |
boro On April ID he occupied Raleigh, and |
on the 26th the Confederats army, under |
General J. f. Johnston, surrendered at Dur |
ham station, " C., upon terms which were |
rejected by the Government.
sherman's adykpce TO Richmond and |
Washington fro6 April IS to May "a, 1865,
ended his SOU;Siern marches of more than ]
Z, 600 miles. ,Szf June 27.he was appointed to |
the command of the military division of the /
comprising the departments of |
Ohio, Missouri and Arkansas, with head
quarters at st. Louis. On July 25 1866 he |
succeeded General Grant as Lieutenant |
General and on August II took command OF |
the division of the Missouri. In November |
and December he was employed on a special |
mission in Mexico. He was made General on
the vacation of that grade by President |
Grant, March t. 1859. In November, 1871, he /
obtaine / leave of absence for year, during
which he Travelled in Europe and the East,
and was everywhere received with great /
distinction.
On his return he took up his residence in
as Commander in Chief of the
army, but in October 1874 he removed his
Headquarters to st. Louis.
At his own request, and in order to make
Sheridan General in Chief, he was placed on !
the retired list, with full pay, on February s.
1884. He received many honors, among them
The degree of Ii. ID. from Drtsmouth, Yale,
Harvard, Princeton and other universities,
and membershp p i'm the board of regents of
ba Grns Tn in, |