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Why did William Tecumseh Sherman resign as superintendent of the Louisiana military academy?
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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 resigned as superintendent of the military academy in Louisiana in January 1861 because the state of Louisiana seceded from the Union. Although Sherman was deeply distressed by what he viewed as an unnecessary conflict between the states, his devotion to the Union remained strong, prompting his departure from the post.1