SHERMAN
SHERMAN
Baltimore railroad, and the Delaware canal, dur-
ing the roop'iiiiig of coinmuiiicatioiis throuj^h
Baltimore', May 10-12, 1801. lie was pronioted
lieuleii:iiit-cu)loni>l. ")th artillery. May 14, 1861, and
hrig.i'lier-geiieral, U.S. volunteers. May 17, 1801,
and served as chief of light artillery in the de-
fence of Washington, D.C., May-June, 1861. He
w;us on recruiling duty in Pennsylvania, June-
July, 1801; organized the expedition to seize
Bull's Bay, S.C., and Fernandina, Fla.. for the
use of the U.S. blockading fleet; coniTuanded the
laud forces of the Department of the Soutli from
Oct., 1861, to March 31. 1862, wlien he was relieved
by Gen. David Hunter. .He was on leave of
absence. June-August, 1862. commanded the 2d
division, I9th army corps. Department of the
Gulf, in the operations above New Orleans, Dec.
14. ls62-May, 1863, and in the siege of Port Hud-
son. May 23-June 8, 1863, and while leading the
ass;iult. May 27, 1863, was sliot in his right leg,
which was subsequently amputated at New Or-
leans. He was promoted colonel of the 3d ar-
tillery, June 1. 1863, and commanded a reserve
brigade of artillery. Department of the Gulf, at
Forts Jackson and St. Philip, La., March-!May,
1864. He was brevetted brigadier-general, U.S.A., 3Iarch 13. 1S6.1, for services at Port Hudson, and major-general, U.S.V.. and brevet major-general, U.S.A., March 13, 1865, '"for services during the rebellion." He was in command of the defences of New Orleans, June 16-Feb. 11, 1865; of the soutiiern division of Louisiana, Feb. 11-July 23,
1865. and of the eastern district of Louisiana, 1865-<56. He commanded the 3d artillery with headquarters at Ft. Adams, R.I., 1866-70; was mustered out of volunteer service, April 30, 1866, and was retired from active service with the rank of major-general, Dec. 31, 1870. He died in Newport. R.L, March 16, 1879.
SHERMAN, William Tecumseh, soldier, was born in Lancaster, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1820; son of Charles Robert and Mary (Hoyt) Sherman, grand- son of Taylor and Elizabeth (Stoddard) Sherman, and a descendant of Edmond Sherman who emi- grate<^i from Dedliam, Essex county, England, and settled in Boston prior to 16-36. William was adopted by Thomas Ewing, on the death of his father in 1820, attended school at Lancaster, O., until 18.36; was gra<luated from the U.S. Military academy, and promoted 2d lieutenant, 3d ar- tillery, July 1, 1810. He served in the Florida war with the Seminole Indians, 1840-42; was promoted l-.t lieutenant, 3d artillery, Nov. 30, 1841, and was on garrison and recruiting duty, 1842-47. He was acting assistant adjutant-gen- eral of the department of California, 1847-49, was brevetted captain. May 30, 1848. for services in California during the war with Mexico; wasaide- de-camp to Maj.-Gen. P. F. Smith, and acting
assistant adjutant-general of the Pacific division
with headijuarters at San Francisco, 1849-50;
was promoted captain of staff and commissary of
subsistence, Sept. 27, 1850, was on commissary
duty in St. Louis, Mo., and New Orleans. La.,
1850-53, and resigned
his commission, Sept.
6,1853. He was mar-
ried. May 1. 1850, to
Ellen Boyle, daugh-
ter of Thomas and
Ellen (Cox) Ewing
of Lancaster, O.,
and his son, Thomas
Ewing Sherman. K.-
came a prominei
Roman Catholic cler-
gyman and served in
the Sjjanish Ameri-
can war as chaplain
of the 4th Massa-
chusetts volunteers.
Captain Sherman after his resignation became
a partner in the banking firm of Lucas, Tur-
ner and company at San Francisco until 1857,
when he was appointed agent of the St. Louis
branch of the firm in New York, but the firm
failed in the same year and he went into law
partnership with his brother-in-law, Thomas Ew-
ing Jr., at Leavenworth, Kan. He was ap-
pointed superintendent of a military school at
Alexandria, La., in 1859; completed the building
and opened the academy, Jan. 1, 1860. He was
professor of engineering, architecture and drawl-
ing, 1859-61, and upon the secession of Louisiana
he resigned his position and was appointed colonel
of the 13th infantry, U.S.A., May 14, 1861, and
brigadier-general. U.S. V., May 17, 1861, and com-
manded the 3d brigade, 1st division under Brig.-
Gen. Irvin McDowell in the first battle of Bull
Run, Sunday, July 21, 1861. He was engaged in
reorganizing and drilling his scattered brigade
and was assigned to duty under Gen. Robert An-
derson, in the department of the Cumberland,
Aug. 28, 1861. lie succeeded General Anderson
in command of the department Oct. 8, 1861, and
occupied Muldraugh Heights for the purpose
of defending Louisville, Ky., from a threatened
attack by Col, S. B. Buckner, Sept.-Oct. 1861,
He was on inspection duty and in command of
the camp of instruction at Benton Barracks, St.
Louis, Mo., Dec. 23, 1861, to Feb. 14, 1862; was in
command of the district of Paducah, Ky., Feb-
ruary-March, 1862, where he was engaged in send-
ing supplies and reinforcements to General Grant,
operating in Tennessee; commanded the 5th
division. Army of the Tennessee, under Grant,
at Shiloh, Tenn., where he was twice slightly
wounded. When Grant returned to his head-
