William Tecumseh Sherman in 1864. He had become nationally famous and was approaching the zenith of his army career.
Ellen Ewing Sherman, in her midforties, portrayed by G. P. A. Healy. Her marriage to Sherman in 1850 proved difficult from the first.
John Sherman, William Tecumseh’s younger brother by three years, became a successful lawyer and politician.
Thomas Ewing was Sherman’s affluent and influential foster father, and eventually his father-in-law.
The sons of Thomas and Maria Ewing (from left): Hugh Boyle, Phil, Tom Jr. and Charley.
The first son of William Tecumseh and Ellen, Willy, who died of fever at nine after visiting his father’s Mississippi headquarters following the fall of Vicksburg.
Sherman’s daughters (from left): Lizzie, Rachel, Elly and Minnie.
Thomas Ewing Sherman, the General’s second son, pictured with his father in 1865.
Sherman near Atlanta, sitting tall and straight in the saddle, a short time before the fall of the city.
Sherman and his generals (from left): Oliver O. Howard, John A. Logan, William B. Hazen, Sherman, Jefferson C. Davis, Henry W. Slocum, Joseph A. Mower and Francis P. Blair.
Sherman on the Great Plains as a member of the Indian Peace Commission.