William Tecumseh Sherman had a lot in common with Ulysses S. Grant. Like Grant, he was born in Ohio. Like Grant, he graduated from the military academy at West Point. Like Grant, he failed as a ...

The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

A complicated man: Biography paints complex picture of controversial Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman Sherman, who Linn said viewed his role as “a defender of the Civil War’s legacy, as well as ...

William Tecumseh Sherman was a surprising instrument of emancipation ... A good concise account can be found in Brian Holden Reid’s 2020 biography of Sherman, “The Scourge of War,” and a more ...