{"slug": "william-tecumseh-sherman", "label": "William Tecumseh Sherman", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188936", "qid": "Q188936", "description": "United States Army general (1820–1891)", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1820, 1891], "span_label": ["1820 CE", "1891 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["William T. Sherman"], "related": [{"slug": "atlanta", "label": "Atlanta", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "north-carolina", "label": "North Carolina", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1820, "year_label": "1820 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 8", "text": "February 8 – William Tecumseh Sherman, American Civil War general (d. 1891)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368795492#January–June", "title": "1820", "revid": 1368795492, "section": "Births › January–June"}}, {"year": 1862, "year_label": "1862 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 26", "text": "December 26–29 – Battle of Chickasaw Bayou – Another victory for the Confederate Army, outnumbered two to one, results in six times as many Union casualties, defeating several assaults commanded by Union general William T. Sherman.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358615004#December", "title": "1862", "revid": 1358615004, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1864, "year_label": "1864 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 20", "text": "July 20 – Battle of Peachtree Creek – Near Atlanta, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369213895#July", "title": "1864", "revid": 1369213895, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1864, "year_label": "1864 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 31", "text": "August 31 – American Civil War: Union forces, led by General William T. Sherman, launch an assault on Atlanta.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369213895#August", "title": "1864", "revid": 1369213895, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1865, "year_label": "1865 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders to Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman, at Durham Station, North Carolina.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361545898#April", "title": "1865", "revid": 1361545898, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1868, "year_label": "1868 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 29", "text": "April 29 – General William Tecumseh Sherman brokers the Treaty of Fort Laramie, between the federal government of the United States and the Plains Indians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363668193#April", "title": "1868", "revid": 1363668193, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1891, "year_label": "1891 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (b. 1820)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369994059#January–June", "title": "1891", "revid": 1369994059, "section": "Deaths › January–June"}}]}