A discussion of Civil War hero William Tecumseh Sherman must begin with the reasons behind his unusual middle name. Charles Sherman so admired the late Shawnee chief that he gave his sixth son William ...

COLUMBUS — Bidders will fight with their dollars next week at an Ohio auction house for the sword of the Civil War Union general who led a scorched-earth campaign across Georgia and coined the phrase ...

The sword and trunk used by Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman during the Civil War are going to auction at Fleischer’s Auctions on Tuesday. Sherman is best known for torching Atlanta in 1864 and ...

It is doubtful the tragic devastation of the Russia-Ukraine War would surprise William Sherman were he alive today. The iconic U.S. Army soldier was a student of war at home and abroad. Sherman, who ...

William Tecumseh Sherman had a lot in common with Ulysses S. Grant. Like Grant, he was born in Ohio. Like Grant, he graduated from the military academy at West Point. Like Grant, he failed as a ...

Some 500 pieces of American history unseen even by scholars are coming to light through an auction taking place through Fleischer’s Auctions of Columbus. The two-day auction, “Civil War & African ...

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When their schedules permit, President Obama has lunch with Vice President Biden every week in the West Wing's Private Dining Room, where a painting by George P.A. Healy dominates the west wall. In it ...

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