William Tecumseh Sherman

Lancaster’s native son William Tecumseh Sherman was a Civil War general regarded as a four-star military genius who played a major role in Union victory as a brilliant commander and grand strategist, revolutionizing war by incorporating psychological and economic warfare into his tactics, culminating in the famous March to the Sea through Georgia. In retrospect, he declared, “War is Hell.” Honoring an allegiance to the United States Constitution, he fought to preserve the Union, and his self-written epitaph was “Faithful and Honorable.” His military appointments were Second Lieutenant in 1840; West Point graduate and First Lieutenant in 1841; Colonel of the Thirteenth U.S. Infantry in 1861; Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers, in 1861; Major General, U.S. Volunteers, in 1862; Brigadier General, U.S. Army, in 1863; Major General, U.S. Army, in 1864; Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, in 1866; and General, U.S. Army, in 1869.

Lancaster, Ohio · United States