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 SHERMAN

SHERMAN

Baltimore railroad, and the Delaware canal, dur- ing the roop'iiiiig of coinmuiiicatioiis throuj^h Baltimore', May 10-12, 1801. lie was pronioted lieuleii:iiit-cu)loni>l. ")th artillery. May 14, 1861, and hrig.i'lier-geiieral, U.S. volunteers. May 17, 1801, and served as chief of light artillery in the de- fence of Washington, D.C., May-June, 1861. He w;us on recruiling duty in Pennsylvania, June- July, 1801; organized the expedition to seize Bull's Bay, S.C., and Fernandina, Fla.. for the use of the U.S. blockading fleet; coniTuanded the laud forces of the Department of the Soutli from Oct., 1861, to March 31. 1862, wlien he was relieved by Gen. David Hunter. .He was on leave of absence. June-August, 1862. commanded the 2d division, I9th army corps. Department of the Gulf, in the operations above New Orleans, Dec. 14. ls62-May, 1863, and in the siege of Port Hud- son. May 23-June 8, 1863, and while leading the ass;iult. May 27, 1863, was sliot in his right leg, which was subsequently amputated at New Or- leans. He was promoted colonel of the 3d ar- tillery, June 1. 1863, and commanded a reserve brigade of artillery. Department of the Gulf, at Forts Jackson and St. Philip, La., March-!May,

1864. He was brevetted brigadier-general, U.S.A., 3Iarch 13. 1S6.1, for services at Port Hudson, and major-general, U.S.V.. and brevet major-general, U.S.A., March 13, 1865, '"for services during the rebellion." He was in command of the defences of New Orleans, June 16-Feb. 11, 1865; of the soutiiern division of Louisiana, Feb. 11-July 23,

1865. and of the eastern district of Louisiana, 1865-<56. He commanded the 3d artillery with headquarters at Ft. Adams, R.I., 1866-70; was mustered out of volunteer service, April 30, 1866, and was retired from active service with the rank of major-general, Dec. 31, 1870. He died in Newport. R.L, March 16, 1879.

SHERMAN, William Tecumseh, soldier, was born in Lancaster, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1820; son of Charles Robert and Mary (Hoyt) Sherman, grand- son of Taylor and Elizabeth (Stoddard) Sherman, and a descendant of Edmond Sherman who emi- grate<^i from Dedliam, Essex county, England, and settled in Boston prior to 16-36. William was adopted by Thomas Ewing, on the death of his father in 1820, attended school at Lancaster, O., until 18.36; was gra<luated from the U.S. Military academy, and promoted 2d lieutenant, 3d ar- tillery, July 1, 1810. He served in the Florida war with the Seminole Indians, 1840-42; was promoted l-.t lieutenant, 3d artillery, Nov. 30, 1841, and was on garrison and recruiting duty, 1842-47. He was acting assistant adjutant-gen- eral of the department of California, 1847-49, was brevetted captain. May 30, 1848. for services in California during the war with Mexico; wasaide- de-camp to Maj.-Gen. P. F. Smith, and acting

assistant adjutant-general of the Pacific division with headijuarters at San Francisco, 1849-50; was promoted captain of staff and commissary of subsistence, Sept. 27, 1850, was on commissary duty in St. Louis, Mo., and New Orleans. La., 1850-53, and resigned his commission, Sept. 6,1853. He was mar- ried. May 1. 1850, to Ellen Boyle, daugh- ter of Thomas and Ellen (Cox) Ewing of Lancaster, O., and his son, Thomas Ewing Sherman. K.- came a prominei Roman Catholic cler- gyman and served in the Sjjanish Ameri- can war as chaplain of the 4th Massa- chusetts volunteers. Captain Sherman after his resignation became a partner in the banking firm of Lucas, Tur- ner and company at San Francisco until 1857, when he was appointed agent of the St. Louis branch of the firm in New York, but the firm failed in the same year and he went into law partnership with his brother-in-law, Thomas Ew- ing Jr., at Leavenworth, Kan. He was ap- pointed superintendent of a military school at Alexandria, La., in 1859; completed the building and opened the academy, Jan. 1, 1860. He was professor of engineering, architecture and drawl- ing, 1859-61, and upon the secession of Louisiana he resigned his position and was appointed colonel of the 13th infantry, U.S.A., May 14, 1861, and brigadier-general. U.S. V., May 17, 1861, and com- manded the 3d brigade, 1st division under Brig.- Gen. Irvin McDowell in the first battle of Bull Run, Sunday, July 21, 1861. He was engaged in reorganizing and drilling his scattered brigade and was assigned to duty under Gen. Robert An- derson, in the department of the Cumberland, Aug. 28, 1861. lie succeeded General Anderson in command of the department Oct. 8, 1861, and occupied Muldraugh Heights for the purpose of defending Louisville, Ky., from a threatened attack by Col, S. B. Buckner, Sept.-Oct. 1861, He was on inspection duty and in command of the camp of instruction at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 23, 1861, to Feb. 14, 1862; was in command of the district of Paducah, Ky., Feb- ruary-March, 1862, where he was engaged in send- ing supplies and reinforcements to General Grant, operating in Tennessee; commanded the 5th division. Army of the Tennessee, under Grant, at Shiloh, Tenn., where he was twice slightly wounded. When Grant returned to his head-