Шерман генерал гражданской войны.

Began the war by seizing forts, arsenals, mints, custom-houses, etc., etc., long before Mr. Lincoln was installed, and before the South had one jot or tittle of provocation. I myself have seen in Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi, hundreds and thousands of women and children fleeing from your armies and desperadoes, hungry and with bleeding feet. In Memphis, Vicksburg, and Mississippi, we fed thousands and thousands of the families of rebel soldiers left on our hands, and whom we could not see starve. Now that war comes to you, you feel very different.

Our success was to be his freedom.

I will not accept if nominated, and will not serve if elected.

I did not want them to cast in our teeth what General Hood had once done at Atlanta, that we had to call on their slaves to help us to subdue them. But, as regards kindness to the race , I assert that no army ever did more for that race than the one I commanded at Savannah.

You are bound to fail. Only in your spirit and determination are you prepared for war. In all else you are totally unprepared, with a bad cause to start with.

1860s [ edit ]

• Still on the whole the campaign is the best, cleanest and most satisfactory of the war. I have received the most fulsome praise of all men from the President down, but I fear the world will jump to the wrong conclusion that because I am in Atlanta the work is done. Far from it. We must kill three hundred thousand I have told of so often, and the further they run the harder for us to get them.

1860 [ edit ]

• You people of the South don"t know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood , and God only knows how it will end . It is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization ! You people speak so lightly of war ; you don"t know what you"re talking about. War is a terrible thing! You mistake, too, the people of the North. They are a peaceable people but an earnest people, and they will fight, too. They are not going to let this country be destroyed without a mighty effort to save it … Besides, where are your men and appliances of war to contend against them? The North can make a steam engine, locomotive, or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or pair of shoes can you make. You are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical, and determined people on Earth - right at your doors. You are bound to fail. Only in your spirit and determination are you prepared for war. In all else you are totally unprepared, with a bad cause to start with. At first you will make headway, but as your limited resources begin to fail, shut out from the markets of Europe as you will be, your cause will begin to wane. If your people will but stop and think, they must see in the end that you will surely fail.
  • Comments to Prof. David F. Boyd at the Louisiana State Seminary (24 December 1860), as quoted in The Civil War: A Book of Quotations (2004) by Robert Blaisdell. Also quoted in The Civil War: A Narrative (1986) by Shelby Foote, p. 58.

1862 [ edit ]

Dispatch to Stephen A. Hurlbut (July 1862) [ edit ]

• No rebels shall be allowed to remain at Davis Mill so much as an hour. Allow them to go, but do not let them stay. And let it be known that if a farmer wishes to burn his cotton, his house, his family, and himself, he may do so. But not his corn. want that.
  • Dispatch to Brig. Gen. Stephen Hurlbut (July 1862)

1863 [ edit ]

Letter (June 1863) [ edit ]

• Vox populi, vox humbug.
  • Letter to his wife (2 June 1863), as quoted in "The Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations" (2005) edited by Hugh Rawson and Margaret Miner.

1864 [ edit ]

• War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it; the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.
  • Retort to a lady of Confederate sympathies, who berated him for the wasting of Mississippi by the Army of the Tennessee during the Meridian Campaign ; cited in The Civil War Generation , Norman K. Risjord, Rowman & Littlefield (2002), p. 143: , and in Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction , Allen C. Guelzo , Oxford University Press (2012), p. 439:

• I am satisfied, and have been all the time, that the problem of this war consists in the awful fact that the present class of men who rule the South must be killed outright rather than in the conquest of territory.
  • Letter to Sheridan (November 1864)

• I regard the death and mangling of a couple thousand men as a small affair, a kind of morning dash - and it may be well that we become so hardened.
  • Letter to his wife (July 1864)

• I can make this march, and I will make Georgia howl!
  • Telegram to General U.S. Grant (1864), as quoted in Conflict and Compromise: The Political Economy of Slavery, Emancipation, and The American Civil War (1989) by Roger L. Ransom.

• I am a damned sight smarter man than Grant . I know more about military history , strategy , and grand tactics than he does. I know more about supply, administration, and everything else than he does. I"ll tell you where he beats me though and where he beats the world . He doesn"t give a damn about what the enemy does out of his sight, but it scares me like hell. … I am more nervous than he is. I am more likely to change my orders or to countermarch my command than he is. He uses such information as he has according to his best judgment; he issues his orders and does his level best to carry them out without much reference to what is going on about him and, so far, experience seems to have fully justified him.
  • Comments to James H. Wilson (22 October 1864), as quoted in Under the Old Flag: Recollections of Military Operations in the War for the Union, the Spanish War, the Boxer Rebellion, etc Vol. 2 (1912) by James Harrison Wilson, p. 17.

Letter to R.M. Sawyer (January 1864) [ edit ]

• If they want eternal war, well and good; we accept the issue, and will dispossess them and put our friends in their place. I know thousands and millions of good people who at simple notice would come to North Alabama and accept the elegant houses and plantations there. If the people of Huntsville think different, let them persist in war three years longer, and then they will not be consulted. Three years ago by a little reflection and patience they could have had a hundred years of peace and prosperity, but they preferred war; very well. Last year they could have saved their slaves, but now it is too late .

  All the powers of earth cannot restore to them their slaves, any more than their dead grandfathers. Next year their lands will be taken, for in war we can take them, and rightfully, too, and in another year they may beg in vain for their lives. A people who will persevere in war beyond a certain limit ought to know the consequences. Many, many peoples with less pertinacity have been wiped out of national existence.

  • (31 January 1864), from Vicksburg.

Letter to James Guthrie (August 1864) [ edit ]

• I regret exceedingly the arrest of many gentlemen and persons in Kentucky, and still more that they should give causes of arrest. I cannot in person inquire into these matters, but must leave them to the officer who is commissioned and held responsible by Government for the peace and safety of Kentucky. It does appear to me when our national integrity is threatened and the very fundamental principles of all government endangered that minor issues should not be made by Judge Bullitt and others. We cannot all substitute our individual opinions, however honest, as the test of authority. As citizens and individuals we should waive and abate our private notions of right and policy to those of the duly appointed agents of the Government, certain that if they be in error the time will be short when the real principles will manifest themselves and be recognized. In your career how often have you not believed our Congress had adopted a wrong policy and how short the time now seems to you when the error rectified itself or you were willing to admit yourself wrong.
• I notice in Kentucky a disposition to cry against the tyranny and oppression of our Government. Now, were it not for war you know tyranny could not exist in our Government; therefore any acts of late partaking of that aspect are the result of war; and who made this war? Already we find ourselves drifting toward new issues, and are beginning to forget the strong facts of the beginning. You know and I know that long before the North, or the Federal Government, dreamed of war the South had seized the U.S. arsenals, forts, mints, and custom-houses, and had made prisoners of war of the garrisons sent at their urgent demand to protect them "against Indians, Mexicans, and negroes".
• I know this of my own knowledge, because when the garrison of Baton Rouge was sent to the Rio Grande to assist in protecting that frontier against the guerrilla Cortina, who had cause of offense against the Texan people, Governor Moore made strong complaints and demanded a new garrison for Baton Rouge, alleging as a reason that it was not prudent to have so much material of war in a parish where there were 20,000 slaves and less than 5,000 whites, and very shortly after this he and Bragg, backed by the militia of New Orleans, made "prisoners of war" of that very garrison, sent there at their own request.
• You also remember well who first burned the bridges of your railroad, who forced Union men to give up their slaves to work on the rebel forts at Bowling Green, who took wagons and horses and burned houses of persons differing with them honestly in opinion, when I would not let our men burn fence rails for fire or gather fruit or vegetables though hungry, and these were the property of outspoken rebels. We at that time were restrained, tied by a deep seated reverence for law and property. The rebels first introduced terror as a part of their system, and forced contributions to diminish their wagon trains and thereby increase the mobility and efficiency of their columns. When General Buell had to move at a snail"s pace with his vast wagon trains, Bragg moved rapidly, living on the country. No military mind could endure this long, and we are forced in self defense to imitate their example. To me this whole matter seems simple. We must, to live and prosper, be governed by law, and as near that which we inherited as possible. Our hitherto political and private differences were settled by debate, or vote, or decree of a court. We are still willing to return to that system, but our adversaries say no, and appeal to war. They dared us to war, and you remember how tauntingly they defied us to the contest. We have accepted the issue and it must be fought out. You might as well reason with a thunder-storm.
• War is the remedy our enemies have chosen. Other simple remedies were within their choice. You know it and they know it, but they wanted war, and I say let us give them all they want; not a word of argument, not a sign of let up, no cave in till we are whipped or they are.

Telegram to Abraham Lincoln (September 1864) [ edit ]

• Atlanta is ours, and fairly won.
  • Telegram to President Abraham Lincoln (2 September 1864)

Letter to Henry W. Halleck (September 1864) [ edit ]

• If the people raise a howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity-seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war.
  • Letter to Henry W. Halleck (September 1864).

(September 1864) [ edit ]

• You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out. I know I had no hand in making this war , and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace. But you cannot have peace and a division of our country . If the United States submits to a division now, it will not stop , but will go on until we reap the fate of Mexico , which is eternal war . The United States does and must assert its authority, wherever it once had power; for, if it relaxes one bit to pressure, it is gone, and I believe that such is the national feeling.

• You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. They are inevitable, and the only way the people of Atlanta can hope once more to live in peace and quiet at home, is to stop the war, which can only be done by admitting that it began in error and is perpetuated in pride.

• We do want and will have a just obedience to the laws of the United States . That we will have , and, if it involves the destruction of your improvements, we cannot help it.

• You have heretofore read public sentiment in your newspapers, that live by falsehood and excitement; and the quicker you seek for truth in other quarters, the better. I repeat then that, by the original compact of government, the United States had certain rights in Georgia, which have never been relinquished and never will be; that the South began the war by seizing forts, arsenals, mints, custom-houses, etc., etc., long before Mr. Lincoln was installed, and before the South had one jot or tittle of provocation. I myself have seen in Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi, hundreds and thousands of women and children fleeing from your armies and desperadoes, hungry and with bleeding feet. In Memphis, Vicksburg, and Mississippi, we fed thousands and thousands of the families of rebel soldiers left on our hands, and whom we could not see starve. Now that war comes to you, you feel very different. You deprecate its horrors, but did not feel them when you sent car-loads of soldiers and ammunition, and moulded shells and shot, to carry war into Kentucky and Tennessee, to desolate the homes of hundreds and thousands of good people who only asked to live in peace at their old homes, and under the Government of their inheritance. But these comparisons are idle. I want peace, and believe it can only be reached through union and war, and I will ever conduct war with a view to perfect an early success.

Signal to John M. Corse (October 1864) [ edit ]

• Hold the fort! I am coming!
  • Signal to Gen. John M. Corse at Allatoona (5 October 1864)

Telegram to Abraham Lincoln (December 1864) [ edit ]

• I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the City of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty guns and plenty of ammunition, also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
  • Telegraph to Abraham Lincoln (December 1864), as quoted in (2008), by Noah Andre Trudeau, New York: HarperCollins, p. 508.

1865 [ edit ]

Special Field Order No. 15 (January 1865) [ edit ]

• At Beaufort, Hilton Head, Savannah, Fernandina, St. Augustine, and Jacksonville, the blacks may remain in their chosen or accustomed vocations; but on the islands, and in the settlements hereafter to be established no white person whatever, unless military officers and soldiers detailed for duty, will be permitted to reside; and the sole and exclusive management of affairs will be left to the freed people themselves, subject only to the United States military authority, and the acts of Congress. By the laws of war, and orders of the President of the United States, the negro is free, and must be dealt with as such . He cannot be subjected to conscription, or forced military service, save by the written orders of the highest military authority of the department, under such regulations as the President or Congress may prescribe. Domestic servants, blacksmiths, carpenters, and other mechanics, will be free to select their own work and residence, but the young and able-bodied negroes must be encouraged to enlist as soldiers in the service of the United States , to contribute their share toward maintaining their own freedom, and securing their rights as citizens of the United States.

Letter to James E. Yeatman (May 1865) [ edit ]

• I confess without shame that I am tired & sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. Even success, the most brilliant is over dead and mangled bodies […] It is only those who have not heard a shot, nor heard the shrills & groans of the wounded & lacerated (friend or foe) that cry aloud for more blood & more vengeance, more desolation & so help me God as a man & soldier I will not strike a foe who stands unarmed & submissive before me but will say ‘Go sin no more.’
  • Letter to James E. Yeatman of St. Louis, Vice-President of the Western Sanitary Commission (21 May 1865). As quoted on p. 358, and footnoted on p. 562, in (2007), John F. Marszalek, Southern Illinois University Press, Chapter 15 ("Fame Tarnished")
  • Variant text: I confess, without shame, that I am sick and tired of fighting - its glory is all moonshine; even success the most brilliant is over dead and mangled bodies, with the anguish and lamentations of distant families, appealing to me for sons, husbands, and fathers […] it is only those who have never heard a shot, never heard the shriek and groans of the wounded and lacerated […] that cry aloud for more blood, more vengeance, more desolation. […] I declare before God, as a man and a soldier, I will not strike a foe who stands unarmed and submissive before me, but would rather say-‘Go, and sin no more.’
    • As quoted in (1992), Charles Edmund Vetter, Pelican Publishing, p. 289
  • See the Discussion Page for more extensive sourcing information.

1869 [ edit ]

Letter to E.D. Townsend (March 1869) [ edit ]

• An army to be useful must be a unit, and out of this has grown the saying, attributed to Napoleon, but doubtless spoken before the days of Alexander, that an army with an inefficient commander was better than one with two able heads.
  • Letter to E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant-General (26 March 1869)

1870s [ edit ]

• War is Hell.
  • This quote originates from his address to the graduating class of the Michigan Military Academy (19 June 1879); but slightly varying accounts of this speech have been published:
  • I’ve been where you are now and I know just how you feel. It’s entirely natural that there should beat in the breast of every one of you a hope and desire that some day you can use the skill you have acquired here.
    Suppress it! You don’t know the horrible aspects of war. I’ve been through two wars and I know. I’ve seen cities and homes in ashes. I’ve seen thousands of men lying on the ground, their dead faces looking up at the skies. I tell you, war is Hell!
    • As quoted from accounts by Dr. Charles O. Brown in the Battle Creek Enquirer and News (18 November 1933).
  • Variants:
  • There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all Hell.
  • Some of you young men think that war is all glamour and glory, but let me tell you, boys, it is all Hell!

1871 [ edit ]

Interview (June 1871) [ edit ]

• I hereby state, and mean all I say, that I never have been and never will be a candidate for President; that if nominated by either party I should peremptorily decline; and even if unanimously elected I should decline to serve.
  • Interview in Harper"s Weekly (24 June 1871).

1880s [ edit ]

• My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. "Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." I did not want them to cast in our teeth what General Hood had once done at Atlanta, that we had to call on their slaves to help us to subdue them. But, as regards kindness to the race ..., I assert that no army ever did more for that race than the one I commanded at Savannah.
  • As quoted in Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman , 2nd ed., D. Appleton & Co., 1913 (1889). Reprinted by the Library of America, 1990 p. 729.

1884 [ edit ]

Telegram (1884) [ edit ]

• I will not accept if nominated, and will not serve if elected.
  • Telegram sent to General Henderson in 1884; quoted in Sherman"s Memoirs , 4th ed. 1891. This is often paraphrased: If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.

1885 [ edit ]

• It will be a thousand years before Grant"s character is fully appreciated. Grant is the greatest soldier of our time if not all time. .. he fixes in his mind what is the true objective and abandons all minor ones. He dismisses all possibility of defeat. He believes in himself and in victory. If his plans go wrong he is never disconcerted but promptly devises a new one and is sure to win in the end. Grant more nearly impersonated the American character of 1861-65 than any other living man. Therefore he will stand as the typical hero of the great Civil War in America.
  • On Ulysses S. Grant (1885), as quoted in , by Charles Bracelen Flood.

Родился в 1820 году в Ланкастере, Огайо. В 1840 году окончил . Артиллерист. Участвовал в .

В 1853-59 годах в отставке, был управляющим банком и адвокатом. С 1859 года – начальник военного училища.

Во время Гражданской войны командовал полком, бригадой и дивизией в армии северян, с июля 1863 года бригадный генерал.

Затем в начале 1865 года армия Шермана повернула на север и двинулась в тыл противнику на соединение с армией генерала . Пройдя за год свыше 1300 км, армия Шермана соединилась около Ричмонда с армией Гранта, что привело к окружению главных сил южан под командованием и их капитуляции в апреле 1865 года.

После войны между Шерманом и Джонстоном установились крепкие дружеские отношения. С ними связан один красноречивый эпизод. Когда в феврале 1891 года Уильям Шерман скончался, Джонстон, которому уже было 84 года, счел невозможным пропустить похороны друга. Весь путь до кладбища Джонстон проделал с непокрытой головой, отвечая на все замечания, что «если бы я был на месте Шермана, а Шерман на моем, то он снял бы шляпу» . Последняя дань уважения другу оказалась роковой для Джозефа — он простудился на похоронах и через несколько дней скончался.

Цитаты:

Маль К.М. Гражданская война в США, 1861-1865… Минск, 2000. С. 92.

Уи́льям Теку́мсе Ше́рман (англ. William Tecumseh Sherman ; 8 февраля (1820-02-08 ) - 14 февраля ) - американский политик, полководец и писатель. Прославился как один из наиболее талантливых генералов Гражданской войны 1861-1865 гг. , где он воевал на стороне Севера . В то же время, Шерман приобрёл печальную славу за свою тактику «выжженной земли ».

Биография

Вильям Текумсе Шерман родился в Ланкастере (англ.) русск. (штат Огайо), в семье процветающего адвоката Верховного суда Огайо, Чарльза Роберта Шермана и его супруги Мэри Хойт Шерман. Роберт Шерман приходился дальним родственником одному из Отцов-основателей США - Роджеру Шерману .

Происхождение второго имени

Первое имя генерала Уильям, представляющее собой английский вариант германского имени Вильгельм, широко распространено в англоязычных странах. Второе имя дано Шерману в честь Текумсе - индейского вождя и врага Соединённых Штатов. Принято считать, что Шерман - один из немногих американцев, названных в честь индейского вождя . В 1829 году Чарльз Роберт Шерман скончался, оставив свою жену Мэри с 11 детьми без наследства и не прояснив причины выбора имени сына.

После смерти отца Шермана, как самого умного, согласился взять на воспитание друг семьи, адвокат Томас Юинг (этнический ирландец), который в дальнейшем был избран сенатором от Огайо и первым Министром внутренних дел США . При этом, по требованию жены Юинга Марии мальчика снова крестили - в католичество.

В 1932 году Льюис, один из биографов генерала, выступил с заявлением, что изначально Шерман звался Текумсе, и уже Юинг добавил ему имя Уильям, однако данное мнение противоречит мемуарам Шермана . Сам Шерман вплоть до публикации мемуаров не отрицал, но и не афишировал своего индейского имени, подписываясь как W. T. Sherman или William T. Sherman (даже в письмах к жене ).

В своей книге «Америка как есть» В. Д. Романовский даёт вполне простое и логичное объяснение. На самом деле, Текумсе - первое имя, которое было дано ему в честь того, что его дед воевал с индейцами племени вождя Текумсе, но священники ещё при первом крещении (в городе Ланкастер, штат Огайо) отказались давать такое имя, из-за чего ребёнку дали второе, обычное христианское имя Уильям, и поставили его первым .

Начало карьеры

В возрасте 16 лет В. Т. Шерман поступил и в 1840 году окончил военную академию Вест-Пойнт и был определён вторым лейтенантом в 3-й артиллерийский полк .

В 1840-1841 гг. участвовал в войне против индейцев-семинолов во Флориде , и 30 ноября 1841 г. получил звание первого лейтенанта .

6 сентября 1853 года Шерман оставил военную службу и открыл банк в Сан-Франциско. Однако он испытывал постоянный стресс из-за финансовых перемещений и махинаций, что плохо сказалось на здоровье, у него началась астма .

В 1856-м году Шерман стал одновременно руководить Калифорнийской Милицией (англ.) русск. . Через год после этого банк прогорел и Шерман переехал в Ливенворт , штат Канзас , где пытался заняться адвокатской деятельностью, но у него снова ничего не вышло .

В 1859-м году он занял место суперинтенданта (директора) Луизианской Государственной Семинарии Познания и Военной Академии (англ. Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy ) в Александрии (англ.) русск. , Луизиана , где также преподавал инженерное дело и рисование .

Гражданская война

Шерман вступил в армию северян в звании полковника (присвоено 14 мая) и принял участие в первом сражении при Булл Ран , где был легко ранен пулями в колено и плечо . Сражение было неудачным, потерпев разгромное поражение Шерман, разочаровавшись в своих способностях военного, подал в отставку. Президент Авраам Линкольн не принял отставку, 17 мая сделал Шермана бригадным генералом добровольческой армии и послал его в Луисвилл , штат Кентукки .

13-го июня он возглавил 13-й пехотный полк регулярной армии, а 15 июля стал командовать пехотной бригадой , которая состояла из четырёх пехотных полков и одного артиллерийского:

• 13-й Нью-Йоркский пехотный полк полковника Исаака Квинби (англ.) русск.
• 69-й Нью-Йоркский пехотный полк полковника Майкла Коркорана (англ.) русск.
• 79-й Нью-Йоркский пехотный полк полковника Джеймса Кэмерона (англ.) русск.
• 2-й Висконсинский волонтёрский пехотный полк (англ.) русск. , лт. Генри Пека (англ.) русск.
• 3-й артиллерийский регулярный полк (англ.) русск. , рота Е кп. Ромейна Эйрса

В Луисвилле из-за неопределённой политической обстановки у Шермана случился нервный срыв и он был вынужден покинуть армию .

Вернувшись через полгода в строй, Шерман отличился в битве при Шайло (6 и 7 апреля 1862 г.), где его дивизия приняла на себя практически весь удар атакующих южан, но каким-то чудом Шерман сумел выиграть битву и через две недели получил чин генерал-майора .

После этого Шерман участвовал в осаде Виксберга , после взятия его (4 июля 1863 г.) преследовал генерала конфедератов Джонстона до города Джексон , разрушил этот город и тем самым обеспечил армии Союза обладание западной частью штата Миссисипи .

В 1864-м году, когда командующий Западным Театром Действий генерал Грант (который лично видел действия Шермана в битве при Шайло) был назначен главнокомандующим армии северян, он передал свой предыдущий пост Шерману .

С 15 ноября по 21 декабря 1864 г. армия Шермана совершила марш к морю от Атланты до Саванны , разрезав тем самым территорию Конфедерации надвое. При этом солдаты Шермана следовали придуманной им «тотальной войне» («тактике выжженной земли ») - они уничтожали все запасы, всю инфраструктуру, все постройки (разрушали железнодорожные пути, сжигали склады с хлопком) и беззастенчиво грабили мирное население, так как Шерман смотрел сквозь пальцы на нарушение официального запрета на мародёрство, поскольку врага, по его мнению, не только было нужно лишить экономической базы к сопротивлению, но и раздавить психологически. По мнению Шермана, это вело к скорейшему окончанию войны .

Во время марша Шермана к морю через всю страну, фронтом, растянутым на шестьдесят миль, с шестьюдесятью тысячами солдат, гражданское население Юга, на самом деле, пострадало незначительно, поскольку жителей деревень и городков заранее предупреждали о наступлении и предоставляли время, чтобы уйти. При этом не обходилось без эксцессов, на которые Шерман не обращал особого внимания .

Так, в феврале 1865 г. армия Шермана разграбила и сожгла сдавшийся ей центр штата Южная Каролина - город Колумбию , население которого подверглось насилию со стороны солдат и местных негров. Для обнаружения заложенных конфедератами мин Шерман использовал пленных. Однако он считал подобную жестокость необходимой или допустимой лишь во время войны и после убийства Линкольна вместе со своими подчинёнными принял меры, чтобы защитить от мести жителей Роли , столицы Северной Каролины .

После окончания Гражданской войны Шерман долгое время был главнокомандующим, при этом один раз в течение двух месяцев занимал пост главы Военного Департамента .

С 4 марта по гг. - командующий генерал армии США (соответствует более поздней должности начальника штаба Армии США), генерал армии . В отличие от других генералов Гражданской войны, последовательно избегал вмешательства в политику.

Ввиду интриг и бюрократии на два года перевёл главный штаб в Сент-Луис, воевал с индейцами (также применяя тактику выжженной земли), издал несколько книг.

Скончался в в 1891-м году Нью-Йорке , на 72-ом году жизни, от пневмонии.

Похоронен на кладбище Кэлвэри в Сент-Луисе (англ.) русск. .

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• речная канонерская лодка флота Союза (США) (англ.)