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William Tecumseh Sherman  

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  • Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman was one of the generals most closely identified with the Union victory during the Civil War. After the conflict he became commanding general of the U.S. Army, during which time he presided over the destruction of the Plains Indians tribes and the resurgence in military professionalism in the 1870s and 1880s. [Source: Encyclopedia of War & American Society; Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820–91)]

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