What are facts about William Tecumseh Sherman?

William Tecumseh Sherman was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, best known for his "March to the Sea" in 1864, which aimed to undermine the Confederacy's economic and psychological capacity to continue fighting. Born on February 8, 1820, in Lancaster, Ohio, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1840. Sherman's strategy of total war emphasized destroying not only enemy troops but also their resources and infrastructure. After the war, he served as the Commanding General of the U.S. Army from 1869 to 1883 and was a key figure in the post-war Reconstruction era.