General William T. Sherman
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Character Key:
Display Name:
General William T. Sherman
Sort Name:
Sherman, General William T.
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Middle Class
Rank:
Peripheral
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Armed Forces
Specific Job:
Union General
First Mentioned:
Date of Birth:
Tuesday, February 8, 1820
Origin:
Ohio
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Biography:
William Tecumseh Sherman, a Union General who served under Ulysses S. Grant, is famously known for burning Atlanta in 1864, and for "Sherman's March to the Sea," during which his forces destroyed crucial resources and infrastructure in Georgia and the Carolinas, thus crippling the Southern war efforts - or, for the white people of the South, making himself infamous.
Ontological Status:
Historical/Real
Individual or Group:
Individual
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