Francis Trowbridge Sherman
Birthplace: Newton, Connecticut
Father: Chicago Mayor Francis Cornwall Sherman 1805 – 1870
(Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)
Mother: Electa Trowbridge 1806 – 1879
(Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)
Wife: Eleanor Norton Vedder 1829 – 1907
(Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)
Children:
Frances Ella Sherman Marsh 1852 – 1929
(Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)
Martha Louise Sherman Aldrich 1854 – 1897
(Buried: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Illinois)
Edwin S. Sherman 1856 – 1861
(Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)
Phillip Vedder Sherman 1859 – 1860
(Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)
Francis Cornwall Sherman 1865 – 1923
(Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)
Eaton Goodell Sherman 1870 – 1938
(Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)
Occupation before War:
Participated in the California Gold Rush before returning to Illinois
Manufacturer and Railroad Contractor in Chicago, Illinois
Civil War Career:
Lt. Colonel of 56th Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment
Major of 12th Illinois Volunteers Cavalry Regiment
1862 – 1864: Colonel of 88th Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1864: His regiment was called the Board of Trade Regiment
1862: Participated in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
Served in the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee
1863: Served in the charge up Missionary Ridge Battle of Chattanooga
1864: Served in the Battle of Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia
1864: Served in the Battle of Resaca, Georgia
1864: Chief of Staff of Fourth Army Corps in Atlanta Campaign
1864: Captured by the Confederate Army in Atlanta, Georgia on July 7
1864: Prisoner of War held by the Confederate Army July 7th – Oct. 7th
1864: Officially Exchanged in the Prisoner of War exchange October 7
1865 – 1866: Inspector General of Cavalry Army Corps
1865: Brevetted Brigadier General in the Union Army
1865 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on January 15th
Occupation after War:
Sugar Plantation Manager in Louisiana
United States Postmaster in Chicago, Illinois
Owner of a Stone and Sand Manufacturing Company in Chicago
1871: the Panic of 1871 ruined his Manufacturing Business in Chicago
1871 – 1905: Businessman in Waukegan, Illinois
Died: November 9, 1905
Place of Death: Waukegan, Illinois
Cause of Death: Mitral regurgitation, pneumonia due to asthma
Age at time of Death: 79 years old
Burial Place: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
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