After this man's father died, his family was taken in by Ohio Senator and later Secretary of the Treasury Thomas Ewing.
After this man's father died, his family was taken in by Ohio Senator and later Secretary of the Treasury Thomas Ewing. This man's namesake "neckties" were railway lines heated so that they could be tied around trees, making repair nearly impossible. This military leader issued "Special Field Orders Number 15," demanding parcels of 40 acres be given to freed slaves. E.L. Doctorow's novel The March is a fictional account of the tens of thousands of displaced people who followed this man's most famous military action. FTP, what Union general used scorched earth tactics on his way to capture Savannah in his famous "March to the Sea"?
After this man's father died, his family was taken in by Ohio Senator and later Secretary of the Treasury Thomas Ewing.
William Tecumseh Sherman