The leader of the Union Army of the Tennessee in The Meridian Campaign died on what date?
William Tecumseh Sherman William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States.
Calvin D. Venable Calvin Davenport Venable (c. 1815 — December 27, 1862) was a Confederate field officer. Born in 1815 in Kentucky, he served as the clerk of a Henry County, Tennessee court. He was appointed the adjutant of the 5th Tennessee Infantry Regiment on May 20, 1861 and lieutenant colonel on August 8 of that year. He was wounded in action at the Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862 and relieved of his duties later that year. Venable died in Versailles, Tennessee on December 27, 1862 of his wounds received at Perryville and of congestive fever.