He was named after an enemy of the United States. ? He was proslavery despite his loyalty to the Union. ?He burned and pillaged an already beaten foe on a march history will never forget. If, as he famously said, "war is hell," William Tecumsah Sherman can be classified as a flamethrower of ruthless ferocity. ?Defined by his contradictions, Sherman achieved immortality in his role as Ulysses Grant's hammer in the Civil War. ?A failed banker and lawyer,...
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