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general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy and criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States.
Sherman served under General
Carolinas
further undermined the Confederacy's ability to continue fighting.
After the Civil War, Sherman became
Indian Wars in the western United States
. He steadfastly refused to be drawn into politics and in 1875 published his Memoirs, one of the best-known firsthand accounts of the Civil War.