![]() The name of William was bestowed upon him at this time when Ewing's wife, Maria, insisted Sherman be baptized Roman Catholic. Following the death of his father, Tecumseh Sherman was taken in and raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as a Senator from Ohio and as U.S. Senator and the sponsor of the Sherman Antitrust Act. His younger brother John Sherman would later become a U.S. ![]() Sherman, who died when the boy was only nine. Sherman was one of eight children of Judge Charles R. He was named Tecumseh, after the famous chief of the Shawnee tribe who Sherman's Grandfather had fought while serving under General (and later President) William Henry Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe. Sherman was born in Lancaster, Ohio, on February 8, 1820. British military historian Liddell Hart famously declared that Sherman was "the first modern general." He served as a general in the United States Army during the American Civil War (1861-1865), achieving both recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy, particularly his mastery and perfection of the indirect approach, and criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies he implemented in dealing with the enemy. William Tecumseh Sherman (FebruFebruary 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, and author. ![]()
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