Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman.....
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman.....
Got his interesting middle name in honor of the Shawnee Chief Tecumseh. His niece, Euthanasia Sherman Meade ironically was an acclaimed medical doctor. The word 'euthanasia' originated from Greek roots meaning a "noble or good death". Mary Shelley used the name "Euthanasia" as an honorable political character's name in her 1823 historical novel "Valperga", thus she got her unusual name. Sherman correctly predicted the American Civil War would be a long, devastating conflict of attrition.