First Bull Run, 1861: Sherman's baptism of fire.(Saturday)(The Civil War)

The Washington Times | July 25, 1998| | Copyright

The name William Tecumseh Sherman primarily summons visions of Atlanta burning and the celebrated, or infamous, March to the Sea. What is less known is that Sherman got his first taste of Civil War combat at the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861.

Sherman, a West Pointer, had resigned his commission and was superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy when Louisiana seceded in January 1861. Resigning at the academy, he made his way to Washington, where his brother, Sen. John Sherman of Ohio, introduced him to President ...

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