Sherman Synonyms

United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. william tecumseh sherman
American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. roger sherman
A peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Mount Sherman

Sherman Sentence Examples

  • From 1891 until 1897 he was a member of the United States Senate, in which, during President Cleveland's second term, he was recognized as the chief defender of the Administration, and he was especially active in securing the repeal of the silverpurchase clause of the Sherman Act.

  • He was descended from Edmond Sherman, who emigrated from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634.

  • Sherman, a judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, died suddenly in 1829, leaving his widow with a family of young children.

  • The usual changes of station and detached duty made him acquainted with the geography of all the Southern states, and Sherman improved the opportunity by making topographical studies which proved of no small value to him later.

  • In 1859, the state of Louisiana proposing to establish a military college, Sherman was appointed its superintendent.

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