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[236] Born in Ohio, 1820; died, 1891. Graduated at West Point, 1840; was in the Seminole and the Mexican Wars; resigned, and engaged in business in New York, California, and Kansas; superintended Military College in Louisville, 1860–1861; was appointed colonel, 1861; commanded a brigade at Bull Run; went to the West and rendered important aid at Shiloh; was advanced to major general and commanded a corps at Vicksburg; commanded the left at Chattanooga; was given entire charge in the West when Grant went to Washington; with great energy and skill forced General Johnston to retire to Atlanta; took Atlanta, and, in November, started on his famous “march to the sea”; reached Savannah at Christmas; received Johnston’s surrender, April 26, 1865; was made lieutenant general in 1866, and succeeded Grant as general in 1869; retired in 1883; published important memoirs.