Sidney Sherman Sidney Sherman ( July 23 , 1805 – August 1 , 1873 ) was a Texan general and a key leader in the Texas Army during the Texas Revolution and afterwards . Early life . Sherman was born in Marlboro , Massachusetts , a son of Michah and Susanna Dennison Frost Sherman . When his parents died , leaving him orphaned at the age of 16 , Sherman moved to Boston , where he found employment in a store . He soon moved to New York City , and in 1831 , settled in Newport , Kentucky , where he engaged in the manufacture of cotton bagging . On April 27 , 1835 , Sherman married Catharine Isabel Cox ( 1815 — 1865 ) of Frankfort , Kentucky . They had 8 children . Sherman ' s business prospered , and he became well known and influential in the community . Texas Revolution and the Republic of Texas . In November 1835 , a public meeting was held in neighboring Cincinnati to encourage support for Texas in her struggle against the Mexican government . A number of Cincinnatians and Northern Kentuckians pledged funding for ammunition and weapons ( including the two artillery pieces later famous as the " Twin Sisters " of the Battle of San Jacinto ) . They left via riverboat to start their journey for Texas on January 6 , 1836 , with Sherman serving as captain of the company , which called itself the " Kentucky Rifles . " Local citizens helped fund uniforms and donated a flag . Sherman arrived in Texas in late January , and joined the main Texas Army gathering near Gonzales on February 3 . On March 12 , many of the new volunteers for the army joined with Sam Houston and were organized into one regiment , with Edward Burleson elected colonel and Sherman his lieutenant . With volunteers still streaming into Texas , enough men were recruited to fill out a second regiment . On April 8 , the army was reorganized and the Second Regiment formed with Sherman as its colonel , though his old company remained in the First Regiment . Sherman led his troops at the Battle of San Jacinto , and they are generally credited as first uttering the famous warcry , " Remember the Alamo ! Remember Goliad ! " In August , Sherman became colonel of the cavalry of the new Republic of Texas and returned home to Kentucky to recruit more men for the Texan army . For his services in the revolution , he was granted large tracts of land as a token of gratitude by the legislature . When he returned to Texas in December , he brought his wife and her young 11 - year - old brother back with him , settling near San Jacinto Bay and constructing a small home . Other family members soon settled nearby , although yellow fever killed Sherman ' s brother Dana and his sister - in - law . Sherman served in the cavalry commander ' s role until mid - December 1837 . Sherman was a member of the Texas House of Representatives , from Harris County , during the Seventh Congress , November 4 , 1842 , to January 17 , 1843 . He introduced a bill providing for the election of a Major General of Militia for the protection of the frontier , which was passed over the veto of President Sam Houston . Thomas J . Rusk briefly assumed the position , with Sherman as his successor in mid - 1843 . Later life . In 1846 , General Sherman purchased 4 , 000 acres ( 16 km² ) of land near Harrisburg and began promoting the Buffalo Bayou , Brazos , and Colorado Railway ( later part of the Southern Pacific system ) . He constructed a mansion in 1847 , as well as a nearby sawmill . However , both were lost in separate fires within a decade . Without insurance and having lost most of his fortune , he moved to Galveston and opened a hotel . During the American Civil War , Sherman was requested by the local Committee of Safety of the Confederacy to take full charge of affairs at Galveston , with full authority to put the island in a state of defense . In 1862 he moved with his family to his old home on the San Jacinto Bay and with them went former Republic of Texas President David G . Burnet . Early in 1863 , the Shermans moved to Richmond , Texas , where they remained until the close of the war . Mrs . Sherman died in January 1865 . Sidney Sherman died 8 years later in Galveston . He was originally buried near his wife and dead son , but was reinterred in 1894 in the Lake View Cemetery in Galveston , next to former President David Burnet . The Sidney Sherman Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas dedicated a joint monument to their memories on March 2 , 1894 . Legacy . Sherman County and the city of Sherman in Grayson County , Texas , are named in his honor . It was this Texian General Sidney Sherman ( and not Union general William Tecumseh Sherman ) who was the namesake of the Buffalo Bayou , Brazos , & Colorado engine the " General Sherman " , the first railroad locomotive in Texas .