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He was born in Lancaster Ohio. After his father died while he was at the age of nine, he was taken in by a neighbor in Lancaster and a friend of the family.
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At the age of 16 Shermans foster father secured him a spot in a Military Academy located at West Point.
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He graduated from the Academy and entered the Army as a 2nd Lt. in the Third US Artillery
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He was promoted to the rank of Captain and married Eleanor Boyle Ewing
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He resigned his captaincy to become the manager of the San Fransisco branch of a St. Louis bank.
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He accepted a position as the superintendent of the Louisana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy in Pineville
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He was commissioned as colonel of the 13th US Infantry Regiment
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President Lincoln promoted him to Brigadier General of volunteers
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This is what he is most famous for, his successful March To The Sea. What he did was he marched from Atlanta Georgia, a city they had captured in the war, to the port of Savannah. Along the way him and his troops burned down things. Causing damage to the industry in the south and the infrastructure. While marching down there he forsced his troops to live off of the land.
