Sherman's experiences in the military had been very similar to Grant's ; he had studied at West Point, served in the Mexican War, and later had resigned from the Army only to fail in his civilian career.

Another World War II-era student of Liddell Hart's writings about Sherman was George S. Patton, who "' spent a long vacation studying Sherman's campaigns on the ground in Georgia and the Carolinas, with the aid of Hart's book '" and later "' carried out his plans, in super-Sherman style '".

Sherman's invasion of Georgia later plays a central role in the plot of the novel.

( This was not part of Sherman's March to the Sea, which occurred more than a year later.

Grant ordered Hunter to employ scorched earth tactics similar to those that would be used later in that year during Sherman's March to the Sea ; he was to move through Staunton to Charlottesville and Lynchburg, " living off the country " and destroying the Virginia Central Railroad " beyond possibility of repair for weeks.

Kirk is furious when he later realizes the distress call was unwarranted, and the undersecretary in charge of agriculture in the sector, Nilz Baris, simply wants someone to guard the shipments of quadrotriticale, a four-lobed wheat-rye hybrid grain, bound for Sherman's Planet.

With General Sherman's approach, the members of the General Assembly adjourned in the fall of 1864, later reconvening briefly in Macon in 1865.

* Musicians: Charles Ansorge ; Carl Bergmann ; Otto Dresel ; Herman Trost ( band leader in Sherman's army who later settled in Lexington, Kentucky, where he conducted the first band at the University of Kentucky ; friend of John Philip Sousa ); Carl Zerrahn

Sherman later placed Slocum in command of the newly created Army of Georgia, composed of the XX Corps and the XIV Corps from the Army of the Cumberland, which served as the left wing in Sherman's March to the Sea and Carolinas Campaign.

His XVII Corps was engaged protecting the rear areas of Sherman's army until later in the Atlanta Campaign.

The characters Kang and Kodos later take on Peabody's and Sherman's appearances due to Homer's meddling with the timestream.

He later commanded the 3rd brigade of the 4th Division of the XXIII Corps in Kentucky and Tennessee and participated in Sherman's Atlanta Campaign at the battles of Rocky Face Ridge and Resaca.

Sherman's force of about 100, 000 men was composed of three subordinate armies: the Army of the Tennessee ( Grant's and later Sherman's army of 1862 – 63 ) under Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson ; the Army of the Cumberland under Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas ; and the relatively small Army of the Ohio ( composed of only the XXIII Corps ) under Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield.

Its troops were the first to enter Atlanta after its surrender on September 1, and later went with Sherman's Army of Georgia during his March to the Sea.

As suggested by the albums ' titles, Sherman's first two LPs were mainly reworkings of old folk songs to infuse them with Jewish humor.

In Sherman's recording career he earned seven gold singles, one platinum single, and five gold albums.

However, the army grew to more than 30, 000 by the time the Army of Tennessee took part in the Battle of Bentonville, March 19 – 21, in which Johnston attacked a wing of Sherman's army and met with initial success before the rest of Sherman's force arrived and forced a Confederate withdrawal.

* December 4 – American Civil War – Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General Sherman's campaign of destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to Savannah, GA ( Union forces suffer more than 3 times the casualties as the Confederates, however ).

In July, the cautious Johnston was replaced by the more aggressive John Bell Hood, who played to Sherman's strength by challenging him to direct battles on open ground.

" However, Sherman himself stated that " f I had made up my mind to burn Columbia I would have burnt it with no more feeling than I would a common prairie dog village ; but I did not do it ..." Sherman's official report on the burning placed the blame on Confederate Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton III, who Sherman said had ordered the burning of cotton in the streets.

* California military history Sherman's time in California, more info

As is true in many literary first-person narratives, McElwee's approach in Sherman's March is simultaneously very revealing and somewhat mysterious: the candidness of the scenes is frequently startling, but the more the film — and McElwee-as-narrator — reveals, the more we realize that there are many aspects of the relationships he is recording that we are not privy to.

Hill had ties with General Sherman's brother at West Point, so his sparing the town was more political than appreciation of its beauty.

Again unanimous, its opinion focused more clearly on the defendant's predisposition to commit the offense, and on that basis overturned Sherman's conviction as well, since although he had two prior drug convictions, the most recent dated back five years.

Under the terms of the Organian Peace Treaty, Sherman's Planet would be awarded to whichever side demonstrates that it can manage it more efficiently.

The divisions had been organized in 1861 ( the first, Banks ' Division of the Army of the Potomac, as early as July ) and by January, included 13 such formations in the Army of the Potomac ; two in Western Virginia ; one ( Burnside's ) in Maryland ; one ( Sherman's ) in South Carolina ; five more in the Army of the Ohio ; and one each in Missouri and Tennessee, for a total of 24 ; this total does not include multiple separate brigade-level formations, much less units in garrison at various fortifications and other posts from Maine to California.

In the Committee of Detail, Benjamin Franklin modified Sherman's proposal to make it more acceptable to the larger states.

Sherman's plan, as written in his memoirs, was to hold the railroad and telegraph lines south of Dalton, so as Johnston would either evacuate his position at Dalton or detach a section of his army to fight Sherman on a ground that had more of an advantage to Sherman.

For more than two months, Sherman's forces, which consisted of the Army of the Cumberland, the Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio sparred with the Confederate Army of Tennessee, then under the command of General Joseph E. Johnston.

In 2005 the Packers hired Ted Thompson from the Seattle Seahawks to take over Sherman's General Manager duties, although Sherman remained the Packers ' head coach for one more season.

Wallace chose to take the " upper " path, which was much less used and considered in better condition, and which would lead him to reinforce the " right " side of Sherman's last known ( initial ) position at Shiloh Church.

Hoyt Sherman had other notable students including e. l. sauselen and Larry Shineman, who both also went on to teach at Ohio State University in the Fine Arts, and Deborah Beetham-Ford, who taught art in high school, at Ohio State, and at Otterbein College, where she was Acting Director of the Art Department during Earl Hassenpflug's absence, as well as employing Sherman's techniques in her works.

Earl Hassenpflug, director of the Otterbein Art Department, and professors JoAnne Stichwey and Al Germanson, who continued teaching Sherman's " Flashlab " until his retirement, were also students of Hoyt Sherman.

In 1963's My Son, The Nut, Sherman's pointed parodies of classical and popular tunes dealt with automation in the workplace (" Automation ," to the tune of " Fascination "), space travel (" Eight Foot Two, Solid Blue ," to " Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue "), the exodus from the city to the suburbs (" Here's to the Crabgrass ," to the tune of " English Country Garden "), and his own bloated figure (" Hail to Thee, Fat Person ," which claims his obesity was a public service similar to the Marshall Plan ).

* Harvey, from Allan Sherman's song parody Harvey and Sheila (" He went to MIT and got his Ph. D .")

Sherman's army tested the Rebel line while entrenching themselves.

However, the Confederate forces eventually escaped, and Sherman blamed McPherson ( for being " slow "), although it was mainly faulty planning on Sherman's part that led to the escape.

An image of " the South " was fixed in Mitchell's imagination when at six years old her mother took her on a buggy tour through ruined plantations and " Sherman's sentinels ", the brick and stone chimneys that remained after William Tecumseh Sherman's " March and torch " through Georgia.

Liddell Hart also stated that study of Sherman's campaigns had contributed significantly to his own " theory of strategy and tactics in mechanized warfare ", which had in turn influenced Heinz Guderian's doctrine of Blitzkrieg and Rommel's use of tanks during the Second World War.

For instance, Alabama-born Major Henry Hitchcock, who served in Sherman's staff, declared that " it is a terrible thing to consume and destroy the sustenance of thousands of people ", but if the scorched earth strategy served " to paralyze their husbands and fathers who are fighting ... it is mercy in the end.

" and the ballet music " The Dance of the Hours ", known even to the non-musical from its use in Walt Disney's Fantasia ( 1940 ), Allan Sherman's novelty song, " Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh ", and other popular works.

Every year, Harrison played seasonal songs, such as his holiday greeting " May You Always ” in the winter ( the Amy records single of this song made the Billboard Christmas charts in 1965 ), and Allan Sherman's summer camp novelty, " Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh ", throughout the summer months.

Some accounts of Sherman's speech do not mention that he said " war is hell ", but many accounts note that a vague variation, like the one quoted, was spoken.

Swayze is mentioned in a lyric of Allan Sherman's novelty song " My Grandfather's Watch ", a parody of Henry Clay Work's " My Grandfather's Clock ".