William Tecumseh Sherman was born in Ohio on February 8, 1820 to Charles R. Sherman and Mary Hoyt Sherman. He was the sixth of ten children. His father was a Supreme Court Judge so he was not home often, but when he came home on horseback, a family tradition was that the first child to reach his horse could ride it to the barn. Since he was the sixth child in line, William didn't often win the …
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…Soon his asthma would again flare up further weakening him. On February 14, at 1:50 P.M. Sherman passed away. Those with him were his children Cumpy, Minnie, Elly, Lizzie, and Rachel. Generals Slocum and Howard waited in a room outside. Sherman's family was Catholic, but he himself expressed no belief in God. He wrote his own epitaph "Faithful and Honorable" which was very fitting for a hero whose men knew him as "Uncle Billy". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**