"Willie" was the third child of General Sherman and his wife Eleanor. He was with his father in the campaign of the Mississippi & became a favorite of the troops. They made him honorary sergeant of the 13th. He died of typhoid fever in Memphis.
"Willie" was the third child of General Sherman and his wife Eleanor. He was with his father in the campaign of the Mississippi & became a favorite of the troops. They made him honorary sergeant of the 13th. He died of typhoid fever in Memphis.
Bio by: Connie Nisinger
Family Members
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William Tecumseh Sherman
1820–1891
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Eleanor Boyle Ewing Sherman
1824–1888
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Maria Ewing Sherman Fitch
1851–1913
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Mary Elizabeth Sherman
1852–1925
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Thomas Ewing Sherman
1856–1933
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Eleanor Mary Sherman Thackara
1859–1915
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Rachel Ewing Sherman Thorndike
1861–1919
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Charles Celestine Sherman
1864–1864
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Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
1867–1941
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