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William T. Sherman (Classic Reprint)




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Excerpt from William T. Sherman 1820 - February 8, born in Lancaster, Ohio; the son of Charles Robert and Mary Hoyt Sherman. On the death of his father he is adopted by Senator Thomas Ewing. 1836 - June 12, reaches West Point, where he enters the military academy as a cadet from Ohio, his appointment dating from July 1. His classmates include George H. Thomas. 1840 - June, graduates from West Point, sixth in his class. Commissioned a second lieutenant in the Third Artillery, July 1. He is afterward stationed in Florida. 1841 - November 30, commissioned a first lieutenant. 1842 - June, ordered to Fort Moultrie, in Charleston harbor, where he is stationed for four years. 1846 - July 14, embarks with United States troops for service in California. Arrives in Monterey the following January, and does duty as an acting adjutant-general, etc. 1850 - May 1, marries, in Washington, D. C., Miss Ellen Boyle Ewing, daughter of his benefactor, Thomas Ewing. September 27, commissioned a captain in the Commissary Department and is afterward stationed in St. Louis and New Orleans. He had already been brevetted a captain for gallant and meritorious services in California, to date from May 30, 1848. 1853 - September 6, resigns from the army and enters into the banking business in San Francisco. He subsequently relinquishes banking and makes an unsuccessful attempt at law. His career at this point seems very unpromising. 1859 - July, receives notice that he has been elected superintendent of a new military school in Louisiana. He accepts the post, and makes a success of his work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


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