His namesake "neckties" were broken railroad rails that his men wrapped around tree trunks.
This man married the daughter of the first Secretary of the Interior, Thomas Ewing. His wife, Ellen described how he suffered "melancholy insanity" after being put on leave by Henry Halleck. During the election of 1884, this man took himself out of the race by saying "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected." He established what became the Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. His namesake "neckties" were broken railroad rails that his men wrapped around tree trunks. During one campaign, this man said his men would "forage liberally on the country" and have the right to "destroy mills, houses, cotton-gins, etc." For 10 points name this Union Civil War general, who led a brutal "march to the sea" in Georgia.
This man married the daughter of the first Secretary of the Interior, Thomas Ewing.
William Tecumseh Sherman