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1937 3c Generals William T. Sherman & Ulysses S. Grant, Purple
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U.S. #787
1937 3¢ Sherman, Grant and Sheridan
Army and Navy
Issue Date: February 18, 1937
First City: Washington, DC
Quantity Issued: 87,741,150
Scott #787 is a 3-cent purple stamp issued on April 26, 1937, as part of the Army commemorative series, featuring three portraits in engraved oval frames: General William Tecumseh Sherman on the left, General Ulysses S. Grant in the center, and General Philip H. Sheridan on the right. The stamp was printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and perforated 11. It was issued alongside a companion Navy series, with both series running to five stamps each, honoring the military leaders who served the nation from the Revolutionary War through the Civil War. The three generals depicted here were the senior Union commanders in the final years of the Civil War and the men most responsible for the Union's victory.
Ulysses S. Grant commanded all Union armies from March 1864 until the end of the war, orchestrating the relentless pressure on Confederate forces that ultimately brought about the South's surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. William Tecumseh Sherman served under Grant and executed the famous March to the Sea in late 1864, cutting a path through Georgia to Savannah and then north through the Carolinas, systematically destroying the Confederate supply infrastructure. Philip Sheridan commanded the Army of the Shenandoah, devastating Virginia's Shenandoah Valley in 1864 to eliminate it as a Confederate supply base and cutting off General Robert E. Lee's escape route at Appomattox. Together the three men formed the core of Union military leadership in the war's decisive final year.
Grant went on to serve two terms as the 18th President of the United States, from 1869 to 1877. Sherman succeeded Grant as commanding general of the U.S. Army in 1869 and served in that role until 1883. Sheridan succeeded Sherman and served as commanding general from 1883 until his death in 1888. The three men dominated American military leadership for more than two decades after the Civil War, shaping the postwar Army that would carry the country into the 20th century.
U.S. #787
1937 3¢ Sherman, Grant and Sheridan
Army and Navy
Issue Date: February 18, 1937
First City: Washington, DC
Quantity Issued: 87,741,150
Scott #787 is a 3-cent purple stamp issued on April 26, 1937, as part of the Army commemorative series, featuring three portraits in engraved oval frames: General William Tecumseh Sherman on the left, General Ulysses S. Grant in the center, and General Philip H. Sheridan on the right. The stamp was printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and perforated 11. It was issued alongside a companion Navy series, with both series running to five stamps each, honoring the military leaders who served the nation from the Revolutionary War through the Civil War. The three generals depicted here were the senior Union commanders in the final years of the Civil War and the men most responsible for the Union's victory.
Ulysses S. Grant commanded all Union armies from March 1864 until the end of the war, orchestrating the relentless pressure on Confederate forces that ultimately brought about the South's surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. William Tecumseh Sherman served under Grant and executed the famous March to the Sea in late 1864, cutting a path through Georgia to Savannah and then north through the Carolinas, systematically destroying the Confederate supply infrastructure. Philip Sheridan commanded the Army of the Shenandoah, devastating Virginia's Shenandoah Valley in 1864 to eliminate it as a Confederate supply base and cutting off General Robert E. Lee's escape route at Appomattox. Together the three men formed the core of Union military leadership in the war's decisive final year.
Grant went on to serve two terms as the 18th President of the United States, from 1869 to 1877. Sherman succeeded Grant as commanding general of the U.S. Army in 1869 and served in that role until 1883. Sheridan succeeded Sherman and served as commanding general from 1883 until his death in 1888. The three men dominated American military leadership for more than two decades after the Civil War, shaping the postwar Army that would carry the country into the 20th century.
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