The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-15
SKETCH OF A USEFUL LIFE.
General shermsn's Great Services i
Crushing the Rebellion.

General Sherman's Great Services In
Crushing the Rebellion.
william Te1umseh Sherman was born in
Lancaster. O., February 8, 1s2O. His branch Of
sex, England, who came TO America in 1854 with
his brother, the Rev. John Sher-
man, and his cousin, Captain John
sherman. Roger Sherman, signcr Of the
declaration Of Independence, traced his lineage
to the captain, and General Sherman to that OF
Bev. John, whose family settled in Woodbury. ana
Norwalk, Conn, whence some Of them moved
TO Lancaster, Fairfield county, O., In 1910:
The father OF General sherman was lawyer.
and for Ave years before his death, in 1879, judge
Of the supreme court. His mother, who was
married IN 1910, was Mary Hoyt. She had eleven
children, Of whom William was the sixth and
William was adopted by Thomas Ewing, and
attended school in Lancaster till 1885, In July
OF that year he was sent ~ cadet to West
class Of forty-two members: Among his class
mates was George H. Thomas A. cadet
he 10. remembered rs an earnest, deep
deeply impressed, according to one OF
his early letters, with the grave responsibility
properly attaching to sseryiug the country"
the far West, out of civilization. He was com
missioued as second lieutenant in. the Third
artillery In July, ls4o. and sent to
war were still smoldering. During the follow.
ing year he was made first lieutenant, and
commanded q small detachment at Picolata. In
ana later at Fort Moulfrie, Charleston harbor,
where he INDUCED In hunting and society, the
immediate vicinity Of the fort being summer
his return from short leave, he began the study
of law. not to make II profession, but TO render
himself more intelligent soldier.
sent with troops around Caps Horn to California,
stephen - " IKE Kssrny Colonel Mason and General
Returning East in 1850, ON May he married
Miss Ellen Boyle Ewing. at Washington City,
her father his old friend then being secretary OF
the interior. He was appointed captain IN the
sent to st. Louis and New Orleans He had al
ready received brevet OF captain In California,
to date from May is aS Seeing on little
tunity for his talents In the army in time
OF peace, he resigned his commission September
s, 1853, the few graduates Of West Point being at
that period In demand In many walks OF civil
life.
In 1850 he was counsellor ct law in Leaven-
worth, KAN, and In the next year became super.
Alexandria, La, where be did good work: but
when that state seeded from the Union he
OF the civil war sherman took what were then
considered extreme views he regarded Presi-
in April, 1861, a. trihing with . serious matter.
not . mob to be put down by . posse
cossitdtss, but war to be fought out BY armies.
On Nay 10 he was commissioned colonel of the
to General Scott at Washington City, and
commanded . brigade at the battle of
Bull Run. On August 8, 1861, he was made
18th Of that month was sent from the Army OF
the Potomac to be second in command TO Gen.
erai Robert Anderson in Kentucky. General
succeeded by Sherman, who in turn was re-
lievcd BY General Buell. and ordered toIeport to
General Hallecks commanding the Department OF
barracks, and after the capture Of Forts Henry
and D0nelsOn was assigned 70 the Army of the
Tennessee. His command took part In the bat
the hand but did not leave the field. He was
made q major general of volunteers to date from
May l, 1862, and for active service In the cam
der general in the regular army:
At the battle Of Mission Ridge, Sherman's
force occupied the left, and successfully re-
crush him. he was then sent to the relief Of
Gen. Burnside, who was besieged by Longstreet
In Knoxville. Tenn, and was in severe straits.
marches and reached Knoxville not . minute
too soon, and having supplied Burnside with all
assistance needed marched back to Chattanooga.
2, 1854, and on the 18th he assigned sherman to
the command Of the military division of the
=, comprising mp the .Sspsrsmsnts
land and the the Arkansas the wota
Of the entire Southwest region with temporary
headquarters at Nashville. In letter on March
gratitude for the Cooper alton and skill which
so largely contributed to his ON n success and
on February 10 Sherman received the thanks of
congress for bis services In the Chattanooga
On April 10 Sherman received final instruc-
tions from Grant to move against Atlanta. On
on May is at Ressca. June Altoona was e occn.
pied by sherman. After two unsuccessful
assaults on Kenesar he at last compelled
.sem On
Atlanta. After the most vigorous operations
Sherman compelled Hood to evacuate that place.
but not until the general had destroyed every
November Is, 1854, saw the commencement of
the famous ..march to the sea-" December IL
For Fort % M s.n tell before him; Decem.
loss from Atlanta to the sea was 545
wounded and missing. Moving northward he
accepted Johnston's surrender upon "basis of
agreement" which was, however, rejected BY
the government On May p he, after a til
umphant march, reached Washington City,
wnss h; va; the &C
commander.in-chiefo OF the United States army,
March 4, 1869.
:, In is!i-72 he Travelled through Europe, and
operations Of the Franco Prussia war. In 1874
he removed the headquarters of the army to
St Louis, but in 1876 they were again removed
At his own request, and in order to make
Sheridan general-in-chief of the army, Sherman
was placed ON the retired list, with full paw and
emoluments, on February 8, 1854. He received
many honors, among which may be mentioned
the degree OF IL D. from Dartmouth, Yale.
Harvard, Princeton and other universities ard
membership in the board of regents of the
Smithsonian Institution.
senator Hearst Worse.
WASHINGTON Cry, Feb. Ex-senator
Hearst's family report him not quite so
well this afternoon as yesterday.
vice-Pres. Clough Coming tn SEATTLE