COLUMBUS — Bidders will fight with their dollars next week at an Ohio auction house for the sword of the Civil War Union general who led a scorched-earth campaign across Georgia and coined the ...

The Civil War was entering its fifth year ... Lee arrived at the McLean house first, wearing a crisp gray uniform and dress sword. Grant entered a half hour later, dressed informally in what ...

Born in Lancaster, Ohio, Sherman played a key role in the Civil War. His “hard war” military strategy for the Union included the ... the general’s wartime sword, the rank insignia from ...