Painting [realia] : William T. Sherman. 1865-1870.

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Painting [realia] : William T. Sherman. 1865-1870.

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Watercolor portrait of William T. Sherman by George Peter Alexander Healey was a study for an oil portrait that now hangs in the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. The painting, which is framed under glass, dates from 1865-1870.

1 item ; 38.1 cm x 55.9 cm.

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Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father, Charles Robert Sherman, a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, Sr., a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first S...

Healey, George Peter Alexander, 1813-1894

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William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) was born in Lancaster, Ohio. Orphaned at age nine, he was raised by Thomas Ewing, a U.S. senator who also served as secretary of the treasury and secretary of the interior. Sherman graduated sixth in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He served in the Mexican War, but left the army in 1853. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Sherman accepted a position as a colonel in the regular army. Sherman became well known for his tactics of ...