| June | 7 | 1865 | | Maj. Gen. William Tecumsuh Sherman speaks at graduation | | Two months after receiving the surrender of the Confederate general and the Civil War ending, General Sherman returns home to South Bend and gives the commencement address at Notre Dame. | | Keywords: | graduation, general sherman, civil war, commencement, mother angela, minim, father sorin, st marys, general grant, robert e lee |
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