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 * || **William T. Sherman** || **Showing Sherman as a Hero** ||  ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/1/19/20080427041152!William-Tecumseh-Sherman.jpg width="329" height="294"]] || Image #1 || introduction || William Tecumseh Sherman was one of the greatest generals in United States history. His actions during the Civil War was a major factor in the defeat of the Confederate forces. His greatest achievment during the war was the infamous March to the Sea,which had not just made him a national hero-it also made him one of the hated men in the South. ||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.old-picture.com/mathew-brady-studio/pictures/Tecumseh-William-Sherman.jpg width="424" height="553"]] || 2 || early years || Tecumseh Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio. When he was nine years old, his father died. Sherman went to live with a family friend Thomas Ewing-who added "William" to his name. ||  ||
 * [[image:http://pic.srv104.wapedia.mobi/thumb/d42514586/en/fixed/470/639/Sherman_young.jpg?format=jpg,png,gif width="470" height="639" link="en/File:Sherman_young.jpg"]] || 3 || west point || When he was 16, Sherman went to West Point Military Academy in New York. He graduated near the top of his class in 1840. ||  ||
 * [[image:http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/33/70533-004-374B738A.jpg]] || 4 || seminole war || Sherman first saw war when he was sent to Florida to fight in the second struggle against the Seminole Indians (1835-1842). after the war, Sherman was stationed on the West Coast. Because of this, he missed fighting in the Mexican War. ||  ||
 * [[image:http://pic.srv104.wapedia.mobi/thumb/d42514586/en/fixed/470/716/William_T._Sherman_1866.jpg?format=jpg,png,gif width="470" height="716" link="en/File:William_T._Sherman_1866.jpg"]] || 5 || banking,marriage || In 1853 Sherman left the Army and started a succesful banking branch in San Francisco . During his years away from the military, Sherman married his foster parent Thomas Ewing's daughter-Eleanor. He also was appointed head of a military academy in Louisiana. ||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.warmemorial.columbia.edu/files/cuwm/cuwm/wararticle/CivilW_BattleColdH_10C_08-1.jpg width="462" height="350"]] || 6 || 1860 || In 1860 agressions between the Northern and Southern U.S. ended up starting war between the two regions. As soon as the war started, Sherman enlisted in the Union Army, and was appointed as Colonel. ||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-americanhistory/Battle%20of%20Bull%20Run--July%2021st%201861-500.jpg width="407" height="271"]] || 7 || first action || Sherman saw his first fighting between the States at the Firts Battle of Bull Run, which ended in Union victory. ||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/content/images/Paper_Trail/sherman-atl.jpg width="350" height="359"]] || 8 || campaigns || After this engagement Sherman fought in several other battles, such as Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chatnooga. In battle Sherman had succeses as well as faliures, one example being his poor leading of troops in Kentucky. ||  ||
 * [[image:http://teachersites.schooldesk.net/content/1/4/201/my%20files/atlanta_burning_small%5B1%5D.jpg width="390" height="255"]] || 9 || march to the sea || Reaching the position of Brigidier General, Sherman started his most succesful but infamous campaign, the Savannah Campaign, or "March to the Sea", in which Sherman and his army suceeded in destroying and sacking all of the strategic counties in Georgia, which ended in the capturing of the port city of Savannah. This campaign weakened the Confederate supply caches in Georgia, and blocked off a major Rebel Port. The harsh tactics used to capture the counties in Georgia included robbing, and burning towns-the biggest city burnt being Atlanta. ||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/uploads/2009/07/removingdead.jpg width="417" height="401"]] || 10 || end of war || After the Campaign of the Carolinnas, which was Shermans final action in the Army, the Civil War ended with Union victory. ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/William_Tecumseh_Sherman.jpg width="425" height="544"]] || 11 || post Civil War-death || Sherman emerged from the Civil War as on of the most succesful commanders of the conflict. In 1869,he became Commanding General of the United States Army. Also, in 1884, he was elected as a canidate as Republican president. Then, after retiring, Sherman died in 1891. ||
 * [[image:http://www.alomani.com/knowledge/history/us/images/c_sherman.jpg]] || 12 || legacy || William T. Sherman was remembered as a hero for his service to the United States. His legacy lives on as one of the greatest commaders in American history. ||