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Will is sent to live with Senator Thomas Ewing and he appointed Will to the United States Military Academy
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He graduates 6th in class
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Right after graduating Sherman immediatly enlisted in the army and was sent to Floirda to fight in the Seminole War
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Goes to work at the Louisiana Military Academy
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Resigns as a superintendent at the outbreak of the civil war, colnol in the 13th United States Infantry
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William is promoted to brigadier general, because of how well he preformed in the battle of manassas
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Promoted to major general
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Sherman had launched a campaign, that is now known as modern warfare by trying to destroy the South economically.
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Leaving behind a trail of destruction over 40 miles wide, this campaign only lasted a little over a month but was the most destructive campaign against civilians
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William wired Lincoln to tell him that he has an early Christmas present, the city of Savannah
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Sherman and his men capture Columbia, South Carolina. They set many fires that destroyed large portions of the city
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Sherman accepts the surrender of Johnston and all the troops in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida which was the largest surrender of confederate troops
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After the war Sherman stayed in the army and rose to the position of full General, praised for his ideas of total warfare.
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William Sherman played a tremendous role in the defeat of the confederate army. Not only did he capture Atlanta and Savannah, but he was able to get four states to surrender; Georgia, Florida, and the Caolianas.
