In American history, there has never quite been a conflict like the Civil War ... After all, as Union General William T.

And like Grant, he became a fierce, uncompromising warrior who helped batter the Confederates into submission during the Civil War ... he named his friend Sherman general commander of the U.S ...

Thousands of newly freed slaves followed the Union Army’s “March to the Sea” in the hopes of protection as they left bondage ...

Linn said many of the Sherman items were collected by the general after the Civil War. “He was such a public figure, so he had copies of biographies about him and his role in the war sent to him ...