Who is General Sherman from Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant and what is their importance?

A commander under Grant, he was in charge of a famous "march to the sea". When Sherman completed a particular leg of his journey, Grant notified him that moving forward against the Confederates was vital at that stage in order to hasten the end of the war. Sherman was told, however, to wait until his men were rested before moving forward. Sherman was a strong commander and led a number of successful assaults, including one on Atlanta.