Category: CDVs

Full Name:: William T. Sherman (1820-1891)

Rank: Major General

Description/History:

• Uncle-in-law of Union General Nelson Miles.
• Graduate USMA, 1836, (18/49).
• Served in the Mexican War.
• Banker/lawyer.
• President St. Louis RR, 1861.
• Colonel USA, 13th US Infantry, May 1861.
• Brigadier General USV, May 1861.
• Wounded 1st Bull Run by grazing bullets
  in knee and shoulder, July 21, 1861.
• Army of the Tennessee, March 1862 – October 1863.
• Wounded in right hand
  at the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862.
• Brigadier General USA, July 4, 1863.
• Commanded Union forces against Atlanta.
• Thanks of Congress for the Chattanooga Campaign,
  February 1864, and for the
  “March to the Sea”, January 1865.
• Lt. Gen. USA, July 1866.
• Commander in Chief USA, 1869 – 1883.
• Secretary of War, ad int., late 1869.

BM: Anthony from Brady negative

Condition: Slightly trimmed lower margin
else very good.