Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-02-19
PLACE OF BURIAL.
Ohio. Through Gov. Campbell, Claims the
Heroic Dust.

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from Columbus.
Gen. Thomas Ewing, New York City: As
representative OF the people OF Ohio.
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.
(Signed) JAMES IL CAMPBELL.
viii be Buried I'm 81. Louis.
According to the expressed wishes OF
Gen. Sherman his body will be inferred
beside these Of his wife and son, IN Cal.
vary cemetery, st. Louis. In accG rdance
also with his wishes his will be ttrictly
military funeral-soldier to the last.
William Tecumsah sherman was born at
Lancaster, o., Feb. 8, 1920. His braach OF
the family is traced to Samuel Sherman, OF
Essex, England, who came to this country
in 1884, with his brother and the Rev. John
Sherman, and his cousin, Capt. John Sher-
man. Roger Sherman, slgner Of thu decia-
rati n of independence, traces his lineage
to the captain, and Gen. Sherman tu that 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 fatAer of
Gen. Sherman was q lawyer and for ave
years before his death, in 1929, 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 1885. In July Of
that year he was sent as cadet to West
Point, where he graduated In 1910,
sixth in a class OF forty-two members.
Among his classmates was Geo. III. Thomas.
AS a 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 respons-
Utility properly attaching to SERVING the
country He also at that time expressed
a wish TO 60 to the far west, out of civiliza-
ton. He was commissioned as a second
lieutenant in the Third artillery, July /,
1910, and sent to Florida, where the embeis
of the Indian war were still smOuldering.
On Nov. 80 1641, he was made a first lieu
tenant, and commanded a small detach-
ment at Picolato. In 1912 he was sent to
Fort Morgan, Mobile Point, Ala, and later
to Font Moultire, Charleston Harbor, where
he INDUCED in hunting and society. the i'm
mediate vicinity Of the fort being summer
resort for the people of Charleston. In 1S43
on his return from q short leave, be
began the study OF law, not to make
it a profession but to render himself more
intelligent soldier. When the Mexican war
began in 1916, he was sent with troops
acted as acknowledgement to Gen. Stephen
w. kearny, Col. Mason, and Gen. PersiEer
F. Smith. Returning in 1850, ON May l. he
married Miss Ellen Boyle Ewing, at Wash
ing, her father, his old friend, being then
of the interior. He was appointed
a captain In the commissary department.,
Dec. >, 1850. and sent to St. Louis and New
Orleans. He had already re ceived a bl evet i.
Of captain for service In California, to date
from May 30, 1S4s. Seeing little prospect of
aud small opportunity for
bis talent in the army in
time of peace, he resigned his commission
sept. 6, 1853, the few graduates of West
Point being ut that time in great demand
in many walks of life. He was Immediately
appointed manager of the branch bank OF
Lucas. Turner & Co., San Francisco. When
the affairs OF that establishment were
wound up in 1857 he returned to St. Lou Is, and
lived for time i'm New York as agent for
The st, Louis firm. In 1859 he was
In LeavenwOrth, Kas.,
and in the next year became superintend-
emit of of the state military academy at
La, where he did good work;
but when that state seeded from the union
he promptly resigned and returned to ST.
Louis, where he was, for short time, presi-
lent Of the Fifth street railroad.
OF the civil war he took what were then
considered extreme views. He re-
yarded President Lincon's call fer
s 900 three months men, in April, 1861 |
is trffling with serious matter. declaring
hat the rising OF the cecessionists was not
mob, to be put down by the posse c0mitdtus,
1ut q war to be fought out by armies. On
Nay Ii, he was commissioned colonel of the !
Thirteenth infantry, with instructors to
eport to Gen. Scott at Washington. That |
'fficer had matured a plan of Campaign. and
vas about to put it into execution. Sher-
n w N nd nj hrsip To ir, \
ryler's division OF the army that marched |
D Bull Run. His brigade comprised the
Sixty-ninth, and Seventy |
ninth New York, and Second Wisconsin r; e.
ments The enemy's left had been fairy
urnsd and Shermans brigade was hotly |
ngaged. when the confederates were REIN |
orced, The national troops made fatal de- |
avs, and, struck by panic, the
.rmy was soon In full ietreat.
herman's brigade had but Ill killed, |
Oo wounded, and 2a3 missing. On Aug. 3, |
sol, he was made brigadier- general OF |
olunteers, to date from May II, and ON |
Aug. % he was sent from the army of the |
'otomac to be second In command in the
rmy of Gen. Robert Anderson in Ken |
ucky. Few persons were prepared for the |
urious problem of Kentucky politics. |
What has been called 1.-THE secession Jug |
lie, was at least partially successful. On |
ccount OF broken health, Gen. Anderson |
Don asked to be relieved from the com |
land, and he was succeeded py Sherman ON |
let. II. 1t was expected by the govern |
lent that the men, to keep Kentucky in |
be union, would be recruited from the |
tate, and that the numbers required |
Tould be but few; but this expectation |
7as doomed to be disappointed |
herman looked for a great war. and de- |
Jared that 10000 men would be required |
0 drive the enemy out of the state, and |
fn %rN% acxp IL f..x
egion. Most men looked upon this pro-
hetic sagacity as greatness. He was re-
leved from his command by Gen. Buell., |
low. 12, and ordered to report to Gen. Hal |
eek, commanding the department OF the |
rest. He was placed In command of Ben |
ON barracks. AT this time Gen. Ulysses s. |
rant was In command CT the force to move |
n Forts Henry and Donaldson. In Feb, |
s61. and just after the capture OF these |
Sherman was assigned to the /
rmy of the Tennessee. 1t consisted of six /
visions. of which Sherman was In COM |
hand of the fifth. In the battle OF Shiloh, |
r Pittsburg landing, April and Z, Sher-
ian's men were posted at Shiloh church, |
nd the enemy were SO strong that all the |
were holly engaged. and Shcr-
IAN served as pivot. When the army of I
he Ohio came up, during the night. Grant |
ad already ordered Sherman to advance, |
nd when the combined forces moved, the ,
nemy fetreated rapidly upon COrinth. Tho |
,ss In Sherman's division was 1904 men. |
10 was wounded In the hand, but did not |
save the field.
The limits of these columns will not per-
lit us to follow him through the war. The |
lories of his success and distinguished
are matters of common history,
ne GROWING triumph being the s.march TO
no sea" q distance Of 225 miles In a direct |
ne.
Preliminary to the disbandment of the |
ational armies. they passed In review be-
,re President johnson and cabinet, and |
lieut. Gen. Grant-the army Of the POto- |