Stolen painting of General Sherman has been recovered, restored
Lancaster native William Tecumseh Sherman is coming home.
A rare original portrait of a youthful Sherman, stolen from the Sherman House Museum in Lancaster in 1982, has been recovered, restored and will be returned to the museum in a March 29 ceremony.
Sherman, a Civil War general who was appointed commander of the U.S. Army after Ulysses S. Grant became president, probably had the painting of him in civilian clothes done when he was superintendent of what would later become Louisiana State University.
The Sherman House Museum, originally the Sherman family home, was burglarized in 1982. The painting and 69 other items were stolen.
The painting didn't resurface until last November when officials with the Ohio Historical Society and the Fairfield Heritage Association discovered it was about to be auctioned in Delaware, Ohio. Lancaster police returned the painting to the Historical Society.
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A rare original portrait of a youthful Sherman, stolen from the Sherman House Museum in Lancaster in 1982, has been recovered, restored and will be returned to the museum in a March 29 ceremony.
Sherman, a Civil War general who was appointed commander of the U.S. Army after Ulysses S. Grant became president, probably had the painting of him in civilian clothes done when he was superintendent of what would later become Louisiana State University.
The Sherman House Museum, originally the Sherman family home, was burglarized in 1982. The painting and 69 other items were stolen.
The painting didn't resurface until last November when officials with the Ohio Historical Society and the Fairfield Heritage Association discovered it was about to be auctioned in Delaware, Ohio. Lancaster police returned the painting to the Historical Society.