7th Mississippi Infantry
Brev. Brig. Gen'l
- Joined
- Sep 28, 2013
- Location
- Southwest Mississippi
Researching John Wayne movies yesterday, I was drawn to the 1959 film "The Horse Soldiers" .
As the movie is a Hollywood version of Grierson's Raid (during the middle part of the Vicksburg Campaign), I spent quite a bit of time reading trivia about the movie.
I came across this entry from IMDB:
"Listen carefully during the first scene and you can hear Gen. Hurlburt say "Hello Cump" as he shakes hands with Gen. Sherman. Sherman was named Tecumseh after the Shawnee chief, but the minister who later baptized him refused to do so with a "heathen" name, so the minister arbitrarily added "William" to Sherman's name, as he was baptized in St. William's Church. Sherman was called Cump by his closest friends--including Gen. Ulysses S. Grant--his entire life, and was never referred to as William or Bill. "
I'd never heard this.
Is it true?
My apologies if this has been discussed before.
As the movie is a Hollywood version of Grierson's Raid (during the middle part of the Vicksburg Campaign), I spent quite a bit of time reading trivia about the movie.
I came across this entry from IMDB:
"Listen carefully during the first scene and you can hear Gen. Hurlburt say "Hello Cump" as he shakes hands with Gen. Sherman. Sherman was named Tecumseh after the Shawnee chief, but the minister who later baptized him refused to do so with a "heathen" name, so the minister arbitrarily added "William" to Sherman's name, as he was baptized in St. William's Church. Sherman was called Cump by his closest friends--including Gen. Ulysses S. Grant--his entire life, and was never referred to as William or Bill. "
The Horse Soldiers (1959) - Trivia - IMDb
The Horse Soldiers (1959) - Trivia on IMDb: Cameos, Mistakes, Spoilers and more...
www.imdb.com
I'd never heard this.
Is it true?
My apologies if this has been discussed before.