Colonel Francis T. Sherman, the 88th's Commander-- Part 1

From Wikipedia.

Colonel Francis T. Sherman commanded the 88th Illinois, this was John Peter's unit,  for most of the war until he was captured outside of Atlanta on July 7, 1864.  He was exchanged in October and assigned as inspector general of the Army of the Potomac Cavalry Corps.

He was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on July 21, 1865 and mustered out Jan. 15, 1866.

After the war he managed a Louisiana sugar plantation for a year, then returned to Chicago and worked as the city'd paymaster and then started a stone and sand manufacturing company named Sherman, Haley & Co..  he was ruined in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 which forced him to seek business ventures elsewhere.

He later settled in Waukegan, Illinois, where he died in 1905.

--Old Secesh

150 Years Ago on Stoneman's Raid: "Bursting Shell" Offense

I went to the Stoneman Gazette to see what was going on 150 years ago today.  The article entry was "Bloody Welcome to Virginia."

Other than a fight at Boone, N.C., Stoneman's Raid to this point had mainly been riding a whole lot of miles.  Today, as they crossed into Virginia on Monday, April 3, 1865, Stoneman began deploying what he called his "Bursting Shell" offense where he sent out cavalry regiments to different points to hit multiple targets at once.

--Old Secesh