Sherman

['ʃə:mən]

Definition

(noun.) a town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border.

(noun.) a peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high).

(noun.) American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793).

(noun.) 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).

Edited by Jonathan--From WordNet

Examples

Sherman ranked him as a brigadier-general. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Sherman responded to this attack on his lines of communication by directing one upon theirs. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
General Sherman, leaving a force to hold Atlanta, with the remainder of his army fell upon him and drove him to Gadsden, Alabama. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Sherman paid no attention at all to the overture, but pushed forward and took the town without making any conditions whatever with its citizens. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Sherman reached Fayetteville on the 11th of March. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Next to McClernand came Prentiss with a raw division, and on the extreme left, Stuart with one brigade of Sherman's division. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
SHERMAN, Commanding Mill Division of the Mississippi. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
The movements of the enemy may justify, or even make it your imperative duty, to cut loose from your base, and strike for the interior to aid Sherman. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Here Johnston made a stand until the 17th, when Sherman's old tactics prevailed again and the final movement toward Atlanta began. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Moving far to Sherman's right, he succeeded in reaching the railroad about Big Shanty, and moved north on it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Sherman may be looked for in the neighborhood of Goldsboro' any time from the 22d to the 28th of February; this limits your time very materially. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
On the 6th Sherman arrived at Grand Gulf and crossed his command that night and the next day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
This reached Sherman on September 20th. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
On the 29th Sherman sent Thomas back to Chattanooga, and afterwards to Nashville, with another division (Morgan's) of the advanced army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Sherman at once ordered his prisoners to the front, moving them in a compact body in advance, to either explode the torpedoes or dig them up. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

Editor: Maggie