Sherman is a town which straddles Lee, Pontotoc, and Union counties in Mississippi. The population was 600 at the 2020 census. In 1840 Reuben Jones and...
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William Tecumseh Sherman (/tɪˈkʌmsə/ tih-KUM-sə; February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He...
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community Sherman, Mississippi, a town Sherman, Missouri, an unincorporated community Sherman, New Mexico, an unincorporated community Sherman (town), New...
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Western theater of the American Civil War (redirect from Mississippi campaign)
movement. William T. Sherman sailed down the Mississippi River with 32,000 men while Grant was to move in parallel through Mississippi by railroad with 40...
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Meridian campaign (category Military operations of the American Civil War in Mississippi)
from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Meridian, Mississippi, by the Union Army of the Tennessee, led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman. Sherman captured Meridian...
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Battle of Jackson (redirect from Battle of Jackson, Mississippi)
Grant and Sherman personally visited a textiles plant before Sherman ordered its destruction. Iron rails of the Southern Railroad of Mississippi were damaged...
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Army of the Tennessee (category Mississippi in the American Civil War)
000 men then under Sherman and redesignated those troops as the Army of the Mississippi; that force, under McClernand and Sherman, succeeded in capturing...
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Sherman, William T. (July 18, 1864). Special Field Orders. In the Field, near Cross Keys, Ga.: Headquarters, Military Division of the Mississippi. Sword...
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Vicksburg campaign (redirect from Mississippi Central Campaign)
force the Army of the Mississippi. This was a direct provocation against Grant, but Sherman acceded to the senior officer. Sherman suggested beginning with...
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Admiral Forrest Percival Sherman. Built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Forrest Sherman was launched on 2 October...
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