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[Trivia Master]

Like George and Mary Bailey in "It's A Wonderful Life," one Civil War general forestalled a banking panic by using his own funds to make depositors whole. Who was it, and where was the bank located?

credit: @Jackson'sArm

 

[Reb]

Crazy Bill Sherman

sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/sdut-sherman-california-statehood-2016sep08-story.html

Edit - Sherman is the correct answer to the first part of the question, but the second part asked for the location of the bank.

Hoosier

 

[Jimklag]

Like George and Mary Bailey in "It's A Wonderful Life," one Civil War general forestalled a banking panic by using his own funds to make depositors whole. Who was it, and where was the bank located?

credit: @Jackson'sArm

William T. Sherman. The bank was in California.

Edit - The question did not specify that a correct response would have to include both city and state, so I will give credit for this answer.

Hoosier

 

[kevikens]

I think it might have been General william Tecumseh Sherman who did this out West in San Francisco during the fallout of the Panic of 1857. I believe he virtually impoverished himself in doing so.

 

[ErnieMac]

William T. Sherman, San Francisco.

 

[kholland]

William Tecumseh Sherman in San Francisco, California.

 

[Brenal]

William Tecumseh Sherman.
San Francisco.

 

[FarawayFriend]

That was future Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman in 1858.
His bank was located in San Francisco, CA, corner of Montgomery and Jackson St..

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http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/

"That same year, Sherman went east to marry his Ohio sweetheart. By 1853, he had resigned from the Army and was back in San Francisco to establish a bank for the firm of Lucas, Turner & Co. There he became a significant figure in the growth and travails of California's first great city, overseeing the construction of the bank at the corner of Montgomery and Jackson Streets, one of the rare buildings to later survive the great 1906 earthquake."

http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2...e-california/inquiries/connecting-california/

 

[DBF]

He was: General William Sherman
Located: San Francisco, CA
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...man-california-statehood-2016sep08-story.html

 

[truthckr]

William T. Sherman, San Francisco CA

 

[William G Hendry]

. William Tecumseh Sherman — the Civil War general went to San Francisco to establish a bank

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...man-california-statehood-2016sep08-story.html


Sherman's care forestalled banking panic; in 1855, even as Wells Fargo and other banks closed during a bank run, Sherman's bank stayed open and calmed the city.

 

[Stony]

William Tecumseh Sherman -800 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California.
source-http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...man-california-statehood-2016sep08-story.html
source-http://www.sfmuseum.net/bio/sherman.html

 

[Study the Past]

William Tecumseh Sherman, at his bank in San Francisco.

 

[MaryDee]

William Tecumseh Sherman
San Francisco
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...man-california-statehood-2016sep08-story.html
Took a bit of doing to word that google query so it doesn't just pick up general banking history!

 

[MRB1863]

William Tecumseh Sherman, San Francisco California

 

[Wallyfish]

It was William Tecumseh Sherman and the bank was located in San Francisco.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...man-california-statehood-2016sep08-story.html

Whew. First search resulted in virtually every civil war general being on the banks of rivers somewhere!

 

[adisciu9]

Sherman. San Francisco

 

[chellers]

William Tecumseh Sherman in San Francisco, California

 

[JOHN42768]

That would be Gen. William T. Sherman in San Francisco, Ca.
Source: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...man-california-statehood-2016sep08-story.html

 

[Schwallanscher]

william t sherman - lucas, turner & co (at the corner of montgomery and jackson streets, san fransisco, ca)

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