General William Tecumseh Sherman died in New York City on February 14, 1891, but the cause of death was not announced by his family.
The William T Sherman family papers have been donated to the...
He failed to carry out Grant's orders to destroy the Army of Tennessee. However, his alternative plan to destroy the civilian infrastructure that supported the Confederate armies in the field...
February 1891.The funeral was on a freezing day in New York, and his old Confederate opponent Joseph E. Johnston was one of the pall-bearers.Out of respect, the elderly Johnston insisted on remaining...