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Memorial to General Sidney Sherman on one of the main boulevards in Galveston. Sidney Sherman (July 23, 1805 – August 1, 1873) was a Texian general and a key leader in the Texas Army during the Texas Revolution and afterwards.
- 1836-1837, 1843
- July 23, 1805, Marlboro, Massachusetts
Commanders. Sidney Sherman. Commander, Texian Cavalry at San Jacinto; Second President of Texas. SIDNEY SHERMAN WAS BORN in Marlboro, Massachusetts. Orphaned at the age of 12, he survived as a clerk in a Boston office. After a series of commercial endeavors, he became a successful manufacturer.
23 de nov. de 2017 · Sidney Sherman was a soldier and entrepreneur who fought in the Texas Revolution and the Civil War. He was a colonel in the Texas Volunteers, a major general of militia, and a leader of the Harris County delegation to the Seventh Congress of the republic. He also built a town, a railroad, and a sawmill in Texas.
Sidney Sherman was an important figure during the Texas Revolution and the early days of the Republic of Texas. He commanded forces at the last battle of the war, the Battle of San Jacinto. It is believed that Sherman created the battle cry, “Remember the Alamo !”
He was evidently a friend of Captain Sidney Sherman for in 1837 when Captain Sherman moved with his wife to Texas he settled near the Clopper home on San Jacinto Bay, near the present town of Morgans Point, Harris County.
The Kentucky Rifles, a company raised in Cincinnati and northern Kentucky by Sidney Sherman, was the only group in the Texan army that wore formal uniforms. The New Orleans Greys, another company raised in the United States, marched to San Antonio de Bexar to serve under a regular Texas army officer.
Colonel Sidney Sherman, leading the Second Regiment of Texas Volunteers, wanted to keep up the momentum and asked Houston the press the attack and maybe turn the Mexican retreat into a rout.
