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Thomas Ewing Sherman, S.J. (October 12, 1856 – April 29, 1933) was an American lawyer, educator, and Catholic priest. He was the fourth child and second son of Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman and his wife Ellen Ewing Sherman . Life. Sherman was named after his maternal grandfather Thomas Ewing, a U.S. Senator and cabinet secretary. [1]
His foster son was the famous general William Tecumseh Sherman. Sherman eventually married Thomas Ewing Sr.'s daughter, Ellen Ewing Sherman. Ewing's namesake son, Thomas Ewing Jr., was an American Civil War Union army general and two-term U.S. Congressman from Ohio.
Thomas Ewing, Jr. was born in Lancaster, Ohio on August 7, 1829. He was the foster brother of William Tecumseh Sherman, and he became Sherman’s brother-in-law when Sherman married Ewing’s sister Ellen. Sherman and Ewing remained close during their years as Union army generals.
Thomas Ewing Jr. (August 7, 1829 – January 21, 1896) was an attorney, the first chief justice of Kansas and leading free state advocate, Union Army general during the American Civil War, and two-term United States Congressman from Ohio, 1877–1881. [1] . He narrowly lost the 1879 campaign for Ohio Governor. Early life and career.
12. Jan. 2024 · August 7, 1829–January 21, 1896. Thomas Ewing, Jr., was a prominent lawyer and politician who served as a Union general in the West during the American Civil War. In June 1862, Thomas Ewing, Jr. helped organize the “Red Legs,” a unit of scouts that protected the Kansas border from marauders headquartered in Missouri.
- Harry Searles
26. Nov. 2014 · These qualities were appreciated by Thomas Ewing, Sherman’s adopted Father (and later Father-in-Law), who decided to secure an appointment to West Point for the boy. Sherman’s near-photographic memory not only helped him through his studies, but would later pay in spades during the Atlanta Campaign.
Charles Ewing, son of Thomas Ewing, a U.S. Senator and Treasury Secretary, writes to William T. Sherman, his adoptive brother, in 1861. He informs him of his promotion to Brigadier General and asks for his father's approval.
