Francis T. Sherman
Born	(1825-12-31)December 31, 1825 Newtown, Connecticut
Died	November 9, 1905(1905-11-09) (aged 79) Waukegan, Illinois
Place of burial	Graceland Cemetery,Chicago, Illinois
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Branch	United States Army Union Army
Service years	1861-1866
Rank	Brigadier General of Volunteers
Commands	88th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Conflicts	American Civil War Battle of Perryville Battle of Stones River Battle of Missionary Ridge Atlanta campaign Appomattox Campaign
Other work	Brick maker, postal clerk, hotel proprietor
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Francis Trowbridge Sherman (1825–1905) was aUnion general during the American Civil War. He served in the cavalry and infantry, seeing action in both theWestern Theater andEastern Theater.

Sherman was born in Connecticut in 1825 but his family moved to Illinois in 1834 where his father,Francis Cornwall Sherman became heavily involved in Chicago politics serving asalderman andmayor of the city and as a state representative.^[1] Francis T. Sherman traveled to West to participate in theCalifornia Gold Rush before returning to Illinois.

Early in the Civil War, Sherman served aslieutenant colonel of the56th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment andmajor of the12th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry without seeing any significant action. On September 4, 1862 he was appointedcolonel of the88th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (a.k.a. 2nd Board of Trade Regiment).^[2] Sherman led his regiment at the battles ofPerryville andStones River. He was not with the army during thebattle of Chickamauga but took command of a brigade shortly after the battle. His brigade became the 1st Brigade inPhilip H. Sheridan's 2nd Division of the newly formedIV Corps. Sherman was one of the brigade commanders who made the charge up Missionary Ridge during thebattle of Chattanooga. He continued leading his brigade during the early part of theAtlanta campaign atRocky Face Ridge andResaca before he was appointed as thechief of staff to the IV Corps. He served in that capacity during the rest of the campaign until he was captured outside Atlanta on July 7, 1864. He was officially exchanged on October 7, 1864, and was assigned to theArmy of the Potomac as the assistantinspector general of the Cavalry Corps^[3] during theAppomattox Campaign. Sherman was brevetted to brigadier general on March 13, 1865, and received a full promotion to brigadier general of volunteers on July 21, 1865. He was mustered out of the volunteer services on January 15, 1866.^[3]

Following the war, Sherman embarked on a series of business ventures, starting with managing a sugar plantation in Louisiana for a year before returning to Chicago. Back in Chicago, he worked as thepostmaster of Chicago for two years before starting a stone and sand manufacturing company called Sherman, Haley & Company. The business was ruined in 1871 by theGreat Chicago Fire, which forced Sherman to seek business ventures elsewhere in the U.S. before he settled in Waukegan, Illinois, where he died in 1905.

He was buried atGraceland Cemetery in Chicago.

• List of American Civil War generals (Union)

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