Sherman
Marched through Georgia
Sherman is primarily a surname, notably that of William Tecumseh Sherman, the Union general whose devastating March to the Sea helped end the American Civil War.
His name became synonymous with total war tactics.
The Sherman tank, the main American tank of World War II, was named for him.
Sherman is also a given name and place name across the United States.
Shawnee military leader
- WilliamMale given name
- UnionNamed political entity
- commanderPerson with authority over others
- AtlantaGeorgia's capital city
Savannah · March to the Sea · scorched earth · campaign · corps · army · cavalry · infantry
Named political entity
- ConfederacySecessionist Southern government
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
- slaveryOwnership of people
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
Reconstruction · Gettysburg · Antietam · Appomattox · abolitionism · states' rights · plantation · cotton
Protected by metal covering
- M4U.S. military rifle
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- WWII1939-45 global conflict
Normandy · tracks · gunner · crew · hull · Firefly · amphibious · Pacific
One seller, no substitutes
- trust-bustingDissolving illegal monopolies
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- Standard OilHistoric petroleum monopoly
breakup · commerce · enforcement · restraint of trade · cartel · merger · Justice Department · Rockefeller
Tecumseh
Shawnee military leader
Atlanta · Savannah · March to the Sea · scorched earth · campaign · corps · army · cavalry · infantry · brigade
Union
Named political entity
- ConfederacySecessionist Southern government
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
- slaveryOwnership of people
emancipation · Reconstruction · Gettysburg · Antietam · Appomattox · abolitionism · states' rights · plantation · cotton · Jefferson Davis
armored
Protected by metal covering
- M4U.S. military rifle
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- turretProtruding fortified structure
WWII · Normandy · tracks · gunner · crew · hull · Firefly · amphibious · Pacific · European theater
monopoly
One seller, no substitutes
- trust-bustingDissolving illegal monopolies
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
Standard Oil · breakup · commerce · enforcement · restraint of trade · cartel · merger · Justice Department · Rockefeller · legislation
- U.S. GeneralsEisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Grant, Lee
- Tank warfaretank, tanks, main battle tank, MBT, heavy tank
- Civil War FiguresRobert E. Lee, Ulysses Grant, Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln
- military leadersGeorge Washington, Napoleon, generals, general, commander
- Sheboygan CountySheboygan, Kohler, Plymouth, Waldo, Cascade
- D-DayD-Day, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Gold Beach
ShermanRobert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson · Lee · Jefferson Davis · Johnston · Beauregard
Shermanrestraint
Control over impulses
mercy · preservation · conventional warfare · defensive strategy · conciliation
- Sherman tankAmerican WWII battle vehicle
- General ShermanLargest tree by volume
- Sherman's March1864 Georgia military campaign
- William ShermanMarch to Sea
- William Tecumseh Sherman