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William Tecumseh Sherman

United States Army general (1820–1891)

"General Sherman" and "William Sherman" redirect here. For other uses, see General Sherman (disambiguation) and William Sherman (disambiguation).

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Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman Quotes

“In the very midst of this panic came the news that the steamer Central America, formerly the George Law, with six hundred passengers and about sixteen hundred thousand dollars of treasure, coming from Aspinwall, had foundered at sea, off the coast of Georgia, and that about sixty of the passengers had been providentially picked up by a Swedish bark, and brought into Savannah. The absolute loss of this treasure went to swell the confusion and panic of the day. A few days after, I was standing in the vestibule of the Metropolitan Hotel, and heard the captain of the Swedish bark tell his singular story of the rescue of these passengers. He was a short, sailor-like-looking man, with a strong German or Swedish accent. He said that he was sailing from some port in Honduras for Sweden, running down the Gulf Stream off Savannah. The weather had been heavy for some days, and, about nightfall, as he paced his deck, he observed a man-of-war hawk circle about his vessel, gradually lowering, until the bird was as it were aiming at him. He jerked

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William T. Sherman > Quotes

“we saw something swimming in the water, and pulled toward it, thinking it a coyote; but we soon recognized a large grizzly bear, swimming directly across the channel. Not having any weapon, we hurriedly pulled for the schooner, calling out, as we neared it, “A bear! a bear!” It so happened that Major Miller was on deck, washing his face and hands. He ran rapidly to the bow of the vessel, took the musket from the hands of the sentinel, and fired at the bear, as he passed but a short distance ahead of the schooner. The bear rose, made a growl or howl, but continued his course. As we scrambled up the port-aide to get our guns, the mate, with a crew, happened to have a boat on the starboard-aide, and, armed only with a hatchet, they pulled up alongside the bear, and the mate struck him in the head with the hatchet. The bear turned, tried to get into the boat, but the mate struck his claws with repeated blows, and made him let go. After several passes with him, the mate actually killed the bear, got a rope round him, and towed h

William Tecumseh Sherman
Sherman was photographed by Mathew Brady in Washington, D.C., in May 1865, with a black ribbon of mourning on his left arm following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
In office March 4, 1869 (March 4, 1869) – November 1, 1883 (November 1, 1883)
President
Preceded by	Ulysses S. Grant
Succeeded by	Philip Sheridan
In office September 6, 1869 (September 6, 1869) – October 25, 1869 (October 25, 1869)
President	Ulysses S. Grant
Preceded by	John Aaron Rawlins
Succeeded by	William W. Belknap
Born	(1820-02-08)February 8, 1820 Lancaster, Ohio, U.S.
Died	February 14, 1891(1891-02-14) (aged 71) New York City, U.S.
Resting place	Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	^[2]
Children	8