William T. sharman

William Tecumseh Sherman was a pivotal Union general in the Civil War, known for his strategic brilliance and controversial "total war" approach, epitomized by his devastating March to the Sea. Starting as a junior officer, he rose to command the Army of the West, capturing Atlanta, marching through Georgia and the Carolinas to break the Confederacy's will to fight, and accepting the surrender of the final major Confederate army. His close partnership with Ulysses S. Grant and success in the Western Theater solidified his place as a key figure in the Union victory and a controversial historical figure for his destructive campaigns