Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-02-26

the general lay unconscious surrounded by
all the members of his family, except Rev.
Thomas Sherman, who is now on the ocean
Oh his way TO this country
There was just slight culver of the mus
ses of the face, and the old soldier ceased to
breathe, and all was over.
Although all hope had been abandoned for
hours, the shock was great to the mourning
friends who were at the bedside, and for
many minutes no one left the room They
hung over the deathbed weeping and gazing
on the stilled face so dear to them.
SKETCH OF SHERMAN.
William Tecumseh Sherman was born in
Lancaster, Ohio, Feb 8, 1920. His father
was lawyer and at one time Judge of the
supreme court of Ohio, and his mother was
Mary Hoyt. Eleven children were born of
the marriage, which was celebrated in 1910,
81 whom William was the sixth After the
death OF his father in 1929, leaving the large
family with but limited means William was
adopted by Thomas Ewing and attended
school in Lancaster until 1886. In July of
hat year he was sent as a cadet to West
Point, where he was graduated in 1910, sixth
n class of forty-two members Among his
classmates was George H. Thomas He was
commissioned second lieutenant in the Third
artillery July l., 1910, and sent to Florida,
where the embers of the Indian war were
ELL smoldering. Nov. 30, 1S4I, he was pro
noted first Newfoundland placed in command,
u detachment at Picolati. In 1912 he was
stationed at Fort Morgan, Mobile Point, Ala
oama, and at Fort Moultrie, Charleston har-
Dor: In 1913 he began the study of law, not
with view to following it as a profession.
,ut to render himself more intelligent sol
her Upon the outbreak of the Mexican war
n 1916 he was sent with troops around Cape
horn to California, where he acted as adju-
antrgeneral to General Stephen W Kearney,
Jolonel Mason and General Persfer +. Smith.
Upon his return to the States in 1850, he was
married III Washington, ID. c., May 1, to
Mss Ellen Boyle Ewing, the daughter of his
,enefactor
Sept. 2, 1850, he was appointed captain in
st. Louis and New Orleans. He had already
eceived brevet of captain for service in
california, to date from May 80, 1S4S See
n2 little prospect of promotion and small
opportunity for his talents in the army in
lines of peace, he resigned his commission
sept. u, 1888, and at once accepted the post of
manager OF the branch bank of Lucas,
turner az Co., in San Francisco, Cal. The
.ifairs OF the concern were wound up i'm 1857
'nd no returned to st. Louis, whence he went
o New York as the agent of ST. Louis
irm, In 1850 he practiced law in Leaven-
worth, Kansas. and in the next year became
superintendent of the Louisiana State Uni
fersity and Agricultural and Mechanical
College, military academy then located at
Alexandria, La. When the State seeded
rom the Union he resigned his post, and
| eturning to st. Louis, was elected president
| u the Fifth Street Railroad Company OF
| he civil war he took what were then
egarded as extreme views. He regarded
Il s.,.a I,,ts r-ep
months men, in April, 1861, as trifing with q
erious matter. declaring that secession was
lot riot to be put down by a posse conf
atus, but a war to be fought by armies On
| Nay IL, 1861, he was commissioned colonel of
he Thirteenth infantry, and, reporting to
| General Scott, at Washington, was put in
| command of a brigade in Tyler's division of
he army that marched to Bull Run August
| !, 1861, he was made brigadier general of
| volunteers, to date from May II, and on
| August 2S was sent from the Army of the
Potomac to be second in command to Gen
| ,ral Robert Anderson in Kentucky On
account of broken health General Anderson
| was relieved at his own request, and on Octo-
Der IL was succeeded by Sherman. He was
'elieved Nov. IL by Buell. and ordered to
| teport to General Halleck, commanding the
| department. of the west, by whom he was
placed in charge of Benton Barracks, Mo.
| His military judgment and ability becoming
sarly apparent to General Grant, he was
| assigned TO the command of the Fifth Diyis-
on, Army of Tennessee which was holly
| Engaged at Shiloh. General Sherman's divis-
| ION lost 2034 in the battle He was himself
| wounded in the battle, but remained on the
ield. He was appointed major general of
volunteers, to date from May /, 1862, and on
June was ordered TO Grand Junction Miss,
strategic point where the Memphis IL
charleston and Mississippi Central railroads
net Grant having been appointed to the
command of the Department of the Tennes-
zee, Sherman was ordered to Memphis. He
bore conspicuous part in McClernand's
expedition against Vicksburg, and for tho
:apture of Fort Hindman was appointep a
brigadier general in the regular army to date
rom July A. 1868. He was then ordered to
Tennessee, and on Nov. "A, 1868, intrenched
1t the north end of Mission Ridge, fought
desperately and calamity BY forced
marches his corps relieved Burnside at Knox
vile in December, and toward the end of
January he marched to jackson and Merid-
Ian, Miss, where he destroyed the Confeder-
srate line of communication. Grant having
assumed the command of all the armies of
the United States Sherman was assigned to
:he command OF the military division of the
Mississippi, comprising the entire southwest
rn region, with headquarters at Nashville
In letter dated March 4, 1864 General
Grant expressed TO General Sherman his
gratitude for the cooperation and skill which
aad SO largely contributed 10 his success. and
Feb. -, 1884, he Bherman) received tho
thanks of Congress for his services in the
Chattanooga campaign. April 10, 1854, he
received his final Instructions from Grant for
The movement against Atlanta, and on July
u. after series Of preliminary battles. began
his direct attack on that place The city was
evacuated by the Confederates Sept J. 1863,
and then began the famous "marcI to the
sea-" On April II, 1864, he had been ap-
pointed major general III the regular army,
and on JAN TO- 1865, he received the thanks
If Congress for his triumphal march In
March, 1865, he participated in the confer
ence with President Lincoln, General Grant
ann Admiral Porter ON board the Ocean
Queen, at City Point, Va He returned to his
comfnand and on April IA, 1865, negotiated
the surrender of General Joseph f. John.
ston. The terms Of the agreement were dis
approved at Washington, and on April 20,
1865, a new agreement was entered into
which proved acceptable His army was
by the president and cabinet and