Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

Ohio, Through Gov Campbell, Claims the
Heroic Dust.
The following telegram was forwarded
| from: Columbus.
Cen Thomas Ewing New York City: AS
n Representatives OF tho people OF Ohio. i
claim the bod; OF Gen. sherman for burial
on the soil OF tho stare which gave him
! birth. The people of Ohio will keep his
grave green.
| tSigncd) JAMES =. CAMPBELL.
! VIII be Buried in st. Louis.
| According to the expressed wishes of
Gen. Sherman his body will be inferred
| beside those of his wife and son. in CAL
vary cemetery, st. Louis. In accordance
also with his wishes his win be strictly
military funeral-solGcr to the last.
| William Iccunlsal. Sherman was born at
| Lancaster, O.. Ecb. :. $50. His branch OF
the family is traced to Samuel sherman. OF
Essex. England, who came To this country
| in 1854. with his brother and the Rev. John
| Sherman. and his cousin. capt. john shar-
| man. Roger Sh rinau. Si:rllcr OF the dcc.a-
r;lti of independence. traces his lineage
| to the captain. and Gen. sherman to that OF
| the kcv. John, whose family settled in
| Woodbury. and Norwalk. Conn.,. whence
some of them removed 10 Lancaster, Fair
field county, Ohio in 1919. The fat.ler of
| Gen. Sherman was a lawyer and for five
years before his death. in 1920. was judge of
tho supreme count His mother, who was
| married in iS:O, was May llOyt. ThcI had
eleven children. OF whom William WAS the
! sixth. and JOIN TAG eighth. William was
! adopted by Thomas Ewing. and attended
school in Lancaster until 1885. In July Of
| that year he WAS ssnt as u cadet to West
| Point, where he graduated in 1870.
sixth in u class of lorty-two members.
| Among his classmates was Geo. H. Thomas.
| rs Il cadet he is remembered rs an earnest,
| high spirited, honorable a:!0 oulSpollen
youth, deeply impressed. according to one
| of his carly letters, with the grave respons-
| ibrity properly attaching To serving the
country" lie also ut that time expressed
a wish 10 80 to the far west, out Of civilixa-
| ton. lie was commissioned rs u second
| lieutenant in the T.ird artillery. July /,
| 1910. and sent to Florida. whore the cmbeIs
| of the Indian war were still smouldcrng.
| On Nov. 80 1871, he was made n first lieu
| tenant and commanded a small dctacE-
| mcnt vt Picolato. In 1912 he was sent to
Fors Morgan. Mobile Point. Ala. and later
+, TO Fort Moultire. Charleston H:lrbor where
he indalged in hunting and society. the i'm
mediate vicinity of the fort bcin:. summer
resort for the people OF Charleston In 1873.
on his return from a short leave, he
began the study OF law. not to make
| il /; profession. but to render himself Il more
Intelligent soldier. When the Mexican war
began in 1876, he was sent with troops
|
acted as ad iutant-gencral to Gen. Stephen
W. kcarny. Col. Mason. and Gen. Persifcr
Il. Smith. Returning in 1850. on May !. he
married Miss Ellen Boyle Ewing, at Wash
ing her father. his Old friend. being then
secretary of the interior. Ilewas appointed
{; captain in the commissary department..
Dee .. 1850. and sent 10 st. Louis and New
Orleans. He had already received Il bl evet
of ca plain for service in California to date
from May 30 1878. Seeing little prospect of
promotion. a.d small opportunity for
lis talent in tho army in
Sept. 6. 1853, tho few graduates CT West
Point berg g. that ting in great dcmand
Il, ;.lany II .'.In., Of Its. he vas Immediately
} appointed manager CT the branch bank of
, Lucas. Turner & Co. sun Francisco When
the affairs of that establishment were
! lived for a IN: in New York as agent Tor
the st. J. ,Gis FIRM. In 1859 he was Il
counselor al-law in Leavenworth. Kas..
. and in the next year became supcrintcnd-
(. cnt of of the state military academy ut
Alexandria. La. where he did good work
but Nhen that state seeded from the union
| hc promptly resi- -nel and returned to St.
> Louis where he VIZ, for short time, preSi-
1 dent of the Fifth street railroad.
4 or the civil war he took what were then
!! considered extreme views. lie re-
8 gurdel President Lincon's call fol
5 as lriiEg with IL serious matter. declaring
e that the rising Of the ccccssion its was not Il
. mob. to be put down by the posse cOmitutns
y but Il war ~ he fought out by armies. Or
o May u, lie was commissioned colonel of tho
t Thirteenth infantry, with instructions tc
report to Gen. Sco.t at Washington. Thai
S officer had maturcd n plan of campaign. ant
4 was al out to put it into execution. Sher.
y man was put in command of Il brigade il
: Tsicr's divisi, II Of the army that marched
+ u Bull Run. His brigade comprised tht
$ Thirteenth. Sixty-ninth, and Seventy.
: ninth New York, and Second Wisconsin reg
Q mcn's. The enamy's left had been fairy
Y turntd, and Shcrman's brigade was hotl,
Il engaged, when the conreG crates were rein
: forced, Thanational troops made fatal de-
y lays, and, struck by panic. TIL
sfcrnians brigade had but Ill killed
9o5 wounded. and 293 missing. On Aug. 3
1861, he was made q briyatlicr- general O.
volunteers, to date from May II, and OIL
Aug. Is he was sent from the army of tn
Potomacto lie second i'll command in tn
!. army of Gen. Robert Anderson in Ken
: tacky. Few persons were prepared for tn
u curious problem of kentucky politics
: What has been called 'the secession jug
), gle, was at least partially successful. o.
II account of broken health, Cen. Anderson
G soon asked to be relieved from the com
Z mand. and he was succeeded by Sherman @
5. Oct II. 1t was expected by tile govern
: ment that the men, to keep kentucky i
e the union. would be recruited from tn
II state, and that the numbers require
5 would be but few; but this cxpcctatio
was doomed to lie disappointet
: Sherman looked for great war. and dc
clarcd that 10000 mon would be require
to drive che enemy out e the state, an
\ 200, 900 to put an ,nl to the struggle in tina
reg ion. Nest man looked upon this pro
phctic sa"a"i'y as 'raZincss. He was re
q lieved FROM his command by Gen. Buel
y Nov. l2 and ordered 10 report to Con. Hal
II leck, commanding the department Of TIL
y west. lie w:s placed in command OF Ben
e ton barracks. AT this time Gen. Ulysses
c Grant was in command { + tho force to NOV
e on Forts Henry and Donaldson. In Feb
s 1861. and just after tie capture OF Ties
stronSholds, Sherman was assigned to tn
amy Of the Tennessee. 1t consisted of ST
divisions. of which Sherman was in con.
q nand OF the fifth. In the battle Of Shiloh
n CT Pi.t,burs landing, April 6 and {. Shcr
:, man S men were posted at Sill oh church
"a and the cntlDy were so strong tia ali tn
&c achnents "c:c holly engaged and S,,tr
G man served as apivot. Whom tun amy 1