Sherman was responsible for the story when he said in his memoirs that this was the only time he could recall seeing Thomas ride so fast.

That night a note written in Slocum's hand and dated from inside the captured city came to Sherman stating that the Twentieth Corps was in possession of Atlanta.

Sherman felt that his own part in the campaign was skillful and well executed but that the slowness of a part of his army robbed him of the larger fruits of victory.

Sherman proved that a railway base could be movable and the most brilliant feature of the Atlanta campaign was the rapid repair of the tracks.

From the night of August 30 to the morning of September 2 there was no Union cavalry east of the Macon railway to disclose to Sherman that he was missing the greatest opportunity of his career.

His contention was denied by several bankers, including Scott Hudson of Sherman, Gaynor B. Jones of Houston, J. B. Brady of Harlingen and Howard Cox of Austin.

The passage of the Sherman Act was aimed at giant monopolies.

William Tecumseh Sherman talked to Lincoln during inauguration week and was " sadly disappointed " at his failure to realize that " the country was sleeping on a volcano " and that the South was preparing for war.

Due to his western successes, Ulysses S. Grant was given command of all Union armies in 1864, and organized the armies of William Tecumseh Sherman, George Meade and others to attack the Confederacy from all directions, increasing the North's advantage in manpower.

Shortly after Lincoln's death, Gen. William T. Sherman reported he had, without consulting Washington, reached an armistice agreement with Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, an agreement which was unacceptable to the President and outraged Stanton, since it made no provision for emancipation of slaves or freedmen's rights.

Among these was the M4 ( 105 ), a M4 Sherman tank armed with a M4 105 mm howitzer.

") He was determined not to fight until he thought there had been sufficient preparation for a decisive victory, and put into action his beliefs with the gathering of resources, detailed planning, the training of troops — especially in clearing minefields and fighting at night — and in the use of 252 of the latest American-built Sherman tanks, 90 M7 Priest self-propelled howitzers, and making a personal visit to every unit involved in the offensive.

The Wexford County seat of government, originally located in Sherman, was moved to Manton in 1881, as the result of a compromise between the feuding residents of Cadillac and Sherman.

* Dozer: The bulldozer blade was a valuable battlefield tool on the WWII M4 Sherman tank.

The later M1 dozer blade was standardized to fit any Sherman with VVSS suspension and the M1A1 would fit the wider HVSS.

Roger Sherman Loomis believed it was derived from Cavalon, a place name that he suggested was a corruption of Avalon ( under the influence of the Breton place name Cavallon ).

He was probably the first president to release information about his health and medical records while in office, On September 24, 1955, while vacationing in Colorado, he had a serious heart attack that required six weeks ' hospitalization, during which time Nixon, Dulles and Sherman Adams assumed administrative duties and provided communication with the President.

In 1890, Congress had passed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, but it was not until the Theodore Roosevelt administration ( 1901 – 1909 ) that serious efforts were made to break up or control the trusts.

In 1915, the upstart league brought suit against the existing leagues and owners under the Sherman Act and the case was assigned to Landis.

Guthrie was born in Okemah, a small town in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, the son of Nora Belle ( née Sherman ) and Charles Edward Guthrie.

Jennifer Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles to actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow.

" No one will ever know what new products, processes, machines, and cost-saving mergers failed to come into existence, killed by the Sherman Act before they were born.

Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River.

The house in which they were born has been converted into a museum, housing both articles related to the life of General Sherman and Civil War artifacts.

* Ahuva Sherman ( born 1926 ), Israeli artist

* Alex Sherman ( born 1984 ), Moldovian professional wrestler under the ring name Alex Koslov

* Aliza Sherman ( born 1964 ), entrepreneur, author, women's issues activist and lecturer

* Allie Sherman ( born 1923 ), American NFL football player and coach

* Ben Sherman ( 1925 – 1987, born Arthur Benjamin Sugarman ), British clothing company founder

* Bernard Sherman ( born 1942 ), Canadian businessman

* Bobby Sherman ( born 1943 ), American singer and actor

* Brad Sherman ( born 1954 ), U. S. congressman from California

* Charles Taylor Sherman ( born 1811 ), Ohio lawyer and judge

* Cindy Sherman ( born 1954 ), American artist

* Gary Sherman ( director ) ( born 1945 ), American film director

* Gary Sherman ( Wisconsin politician ) ( born 1949 ), Wisconsin jurist and legislator

* Jack Sherman ( guitarist ) ( born 1956 ), American studio guitarist

* John Sherman ( climber ) ( born 1959 ), American climber

* Joseph Sherman ( born 1945 ), Canadian poet and visual arts editor

* Justin Sherman ( born 1987 ), Australian rules footballer

* Lawrence W. Sherman ( born 1949 ), academic criminologist