January
Regents Appoint General William T. Sherman to Board
Year:
1871
Month:
february
Day:
2
Date:
Thu, 1871-02-02
SIA Image reference:
General William T. Sherman is appointed to the Smithsonian Board of Regents in the place of Richard Delafield, who resigned. A civil engineer, Sherman helps oversee construction of the U.S. National Museum in 1878-1881.