Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-03-06

ner and autumn of 1862 He took an active
part in the Vicksburg campaign, anc was
made Brigadier General in the regular army.
General Sherman succeeded General Grant
as Commander of the Army of the Tennessee
on October ., 1853. He took part IN the
operations around Chattanooga and the as
sault and capture OF Missionary Ridge. de
also organized an army of 10000 men Tor
the spring campaign OF 1854. On the 18TH OF
March, 1864, he succeeded General Grant as
Commander OF the Military Division OF tbs
Mississippi. embracing the departments and
armies of the surrounding regions. On May
g 1854 he entered on the invasion of Georgia,
making Atlanta his first point, and between
that date and September l fought many
pitched battles. He received the capitula.
ton of Atlanta. September 2 1854, and occu-
1854. fD
Having sent about two-ffths Of his force,
under General Thomas TO repel General
Hoods movement into Tennessee and destroy
much of Atlanta. he marched southwark TO
the sea, with a force Of &c, 600 men, IN less
than month passing over about three hun
bred miles with his army, without any i'm
pOrtant action till he reached Fort Meal
lister, below Savannah, which he captured
after brief action December Is, Savannah
surrendering December 81, 1864. He COM
menced January Is, 1865 his invasion of the
CarOilnas, being about six weeks In passing
through South Carolina He fought two
p, 1865; occupied Goidsbo:o' March %, and
having given his army a few weeks rest,
captured Raleigh. April IS, and negotiated
with General j. Z. Johnston terms OF sur
render Of all the Confederate forces in the
field. These terms were pronounced mad
missible by the Federal Government, and
General Sherman, under General Grants in
structions, demanded and received General
Johnston'S surrender, April 26, 1865.
General Sherman had been made a Ma jOr-
General States
II, 1854, for his Atlanta campaign, and af-
ter the close of the war continued in CON-
mand Of the military division of the Missis-
slppl for more than a year. On July 25,
1896, General Grant having been promoted
to be General of the Army General Sherman
was advanced to be Lieutenant General, and
was assigned to the command of the mill
tary division of the Missouri.
In March, 1869, Grant having resigned the
Generalship in consequence of his election as
President, Sherman WAS promoted to the va
cant rank. In November, 1871, he obtained
leave Of absence for years travel in Eu-
rope and the East. Upon his return he
made his headquarters at Washington, but
toward the close of 1874 changed them to ST.
Louis. Three years later he returned again
to Washington, taking up his residence at
No. 817 Fifteenth street, Northwest. In 1876
and in 1880 he was prominently spoken of as
a candidate for the Presidency
On the 6th of April, 1883, President Arthur
issued an order announcing the retirement
Of General Sherman. He at once retired to
private life and moved to ST. Louis, where
he resided for short time. He then took
up his residence in New York City, where
he has since lived, and where his face has
been familiar one.
General Sherman was wldower, having
lost his wife in 1888 His wife was a Roman
Catholic, and her children were nurtured in
that faith. The General was born a Pres
byterian. The surviving members of the
Generals family are the Rev. Thomas Ewing
Sherman, a Catholic priest, in Europe when
his father became i'll; Philomel Tecumseh
Sherman, a member of prominent New
York law firm; Mrs. A. NJ. Thakara, of
Rosemont Penn; Mrs. T. W. Fitch, of
Pittsburg, and Miss Rachel and Miss Lizzie
Sherman.