The American Civil War wasn't just a battle between states—it was a showcase of incredible military talent. From 1861 to 1865 ...

General Nathan Bedford Forrest developed a reputation as a ruthless soldier and a fearsome military commander. His reputation in this respect was so well-established that, according to the National ...

Nathan Bedford Forrest saves his cavalry ... Grant considers resigning. General William T. Sherman persuades him to remain. Halleck is ordered to Washington to serve as general-in-chief.

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 ...

William Tecumseh Sherman, all of them perched on top of Dix Hill fresh from burning Atlanta, torching Columbia and beating the rebels into near-defeat. The mayor had already surrendered the city ...

If you want to play a petty war, if you want to get into a back-and-forth of s—t talk, I will burn you to the f—king ground like I’m William Tecumseh Sherman.” Get SFGATE's top stories ...

Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman planned the end of the Civil War. For a brief period, 1842 to 1848, it was the site of Shires’ Garden, an amusement resort owned by English aristocrat William ...

Even William Tecumseh Sherman called Indian campaigning “the hardest kind of war.” My first fear was conquered easily enough with a trip to the U.S. Army War College and its adjoining U.S ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98) departed from Norfolk on Tuesday. Navy officials say the regularly scheduled departure follows months ...

In 1861, around 200 to 300 Confederate troops under the guidance of Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest, outnumbered by around 500 Union soldiers, encircled and defeated the Union army. Confederate ...