The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-02-20
OBITUARY..
A Short Sketch of Gen. Sherman's Public
Life.


Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman was
born at Lancaster, Ohio, Feb. s, $500 He
was cadet at West Point. from 1886 to
1910, when he was graduated and promoted
to second lieutenant OF the Third artillery.
He served in the Florida war until 1912,
during which he was promoted to first
lieutenant. In 1915 he went to California,
and was in the war with Mexico, being
breveted captain for meritorious conduct.
He served in various capacities in the
regular army until 1858, when he resigned
and embarked in the banking business at
San Francisco.
On the breaking out of the civil war he
army, May IA, 1861, with the rank of
colonel of the Thirteenth infantry, and
May II was appointed brigadier general of
volunteers and commanded a bri gade in
the first battle of Bull Run.
In the Tennessee and Mississippi cam
paign he commanded q division: was
wounded in the battle of Shilon He was
in the advance in the siege of Corinth, and
was during that time promoted to major
general of volunteers. Two months later he
was made a brigadier general in the regu-
lar army. March II, 1864, he was placed
in command of the division of the Missis-
sippi. At Nashville he organized an army
of more than 100000 men, and with them
he invaded Georgia, where he met the Con-
federate forces under Gen j. E. John
ston, forcing them to evacuate Dalton,
Resaca, Cassville and Dallas in rapid sue
cession, between May II and %, and al
most daily thereafter engaged the enemy
until the occupation of Marietta, July 8.
In several subsequent engagements he de-
feated Gen. Hood before Atlanta the hard
est battle being fought July % when the
siege of Atlanta began On Aug IL he
was made major general in the regular
army. Aug. 81 the battle of Jonesboro
was fought, and the night of Sept. Gen.
! Hood evacuated Atlanta and Gen. Sher-
| man took possession and occupied the CITY
until Nov. Is, when he began his memora-
! BILE march to the sea" He reached Sa-
yannah Dec. Ii and Stormed and captured
| Fort McAllister, and eight days thereafter
| the city was surrendered to him. Then he
| commenced his march into the Carolinas,
and his course was unchecked until he
reached Washington, having won every en-
| gagement he was in. He reached Washing
| ton May "a, 1865, having marched 2, 600 miles,
| his efforts being universally successful
/ On July 25 1866, he succeeded Gen Grant
as lieutenant general, and on Aug. IL took
/ command of the division of the Missouri
In November and December of that year
he was employed on a special mission to
| Mexico. After the election of Gen. Grant
to the presidency and the consequent vaca-
! tion of the office of general of the armies
of the United States by President Grant,
/ Lieut.-Gen. Sherman was made general
/ March 4, 1869. In 1871, after nearly thirty
years OF active service in the army,
he obtained leave of absence for q
year, which time he spent in travel
in Europe. On Feb. 8, 1884, Gen. Sherman
was placed on the retired list, at his own
request. The last few years of his life were
passed in New York. In 1875 he published
two octave volumes, entitled memoirs OF
Gan w. Z: Sherman, by Himself"