General William Tecumseh Sherman - New York City
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A bust of General William Tecumseh Sherman is located in the circular wall of the atrium surrounding the sarcophagi of General Grant and his wife in Grant Memorial at 122nd Street and Riverside Drive, New York, NY
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Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2016
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A life size bronze bust of General William Tecumseh Sherman was installed at the Grant Memorial in 1938. The bust was commissioned by the Federal Art project of the WPA. They selected William Mues and Jeno Juszko to design and create the bust.
The bearded General Sherman is depicted from the chest up. He is wearing his dress civil war military uniform with a wide lapel jacket, his collar is worn up and he is wearing a a bow tie.
William Tecumseh Sherman was born on February 8, 1820 in in Lancaster, Ohio. He attended the West Point Military Academy and graduated in 1840. At the outbreak of the Civil War a colonel of the 13th U.S. Infantry regiment. He then served under General Grant and was a hero of the Battle of Shiloh. Thereupon General Grant promoted him to the rank of Major General of volunteers. After the Union victory at Vicksburg, MS Sherman was given the rank of Brigadier General in the Regular Army, in addition to his rank as a Major General of volunteers.
Sherman is most famous for his capture of Atlanta during the Georgia campaign and his subsequent march to the sea through Georgia to capture the port city of Savannah. After the war and the election of Grant to the presidency, Sherman became Commanding General of the Army from 1869 to 1883. He died in New York City on February 14, 1891.