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How did William Tecumseh Sherman receive the name Tecumseh?
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William Tecumseh Sherman
General William T. Sherman in uniform and wearing a mourning ribbon for President Lincoln, photograph by Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, 1865.
William Tecumseh Sherman was named Tecumseh in honor of the renowned Shawnee chieftain of the same name.1