Nov. 15 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1791, Georgetown University, in what is now Washington, D.C., opened as the first Roman Catholic college in the United States. In 1864, Union General ...

During the Civil War, Union Army Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and his troops arrived in Savannah, Georgia, days before Christmas in 1864. The city was their final stop on Sherman's March to the Sea, ...

Nov. 15 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1791, Georgetown University, in what is now Washington, D.C., opened as the first Roman Catholic college in the United States. In 1864, Union General ...

Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman was a surprising instrument of emancipation. Although raised in Ohio and firmly wedded to the Union cause when the nation erupted into civil war, he was a racist who ...

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The Green-Meldrim House in Savannah, Georgia, is linked to two historic Christmases. In 1864, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman used the house as his headquarters and offered Savannah to President Lincoln ...

William Tecumseh Sherman's home once stood in what is now the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. The Sherman family home at 912 North Garrison Avenue, where they lived off and on until 1886, when William ...

STARKVILLE — A new edition of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s memoirs has been annotated by some of the nation’s leading Civil War scholars at Mississippi State University—an effort marking 150 years ...

In April of 1865, Raleigh found itself under the uncomfortable thumb of the Union army, a horde of 15,000 led by the hated Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, all of them perched on top of Dix Hill fresh ...

Heitmann, Helen M., 1989, 1993, 2001. Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian ...

As the founding executive director of LSU’s Louisiana Emerging Technology Center and a current economic development professional, I urge LSU to rename the LETC “Sherman Hall” to honor Gen. William ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Historian Todd Groce offers a historical reflection of Sherman's March to the Sea and compares it with later military actions. Historian Todd Groce ...