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Philip Henry Sheridan

3.9/5 ( ratings)
Born
March 05 1831
Died
0404 08 18881888
Philip Henry Sheridan was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who transferred Sheridan from command of an infantry division in the Western Theater to lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac in the East. In 1864, he defeated Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley and his destruction of the economic infrastructure of the Valley, called "The Burning" by residents, was one of the first uses of scorched earth tactics in the war. In 1865, his cavalry pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee and was instrumental in forcing his surrender at Appomattox.

Sheridan prosecuted the later years of the Indian Wars of the Great Plains. Both as a soldier and private citizen, he was instrumental in the development and protection of Yellowstone National Park. In 1883 Sheridan was appointed general-in-chief of the U.S. Army, and in 1888 he was promoted to the rank of General of the Army during the term of President Grover Cleveland.

Philip Henry Sheridan

3.9/5 ( ratings)
Born
March 05 1831
Died
0404 08 18881888
Philip Henry Sheridan was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who transferred Sheridan from command of an infantry division in the Western Theater to lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac in the East. In 1864, he defeated Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley and his destruction of the economic infrastructure of the Valley, called "The Burning" by residents, was one of the first uses of scorched earth tactics in the war. In 1865, his cavalry pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee and was instrumental in forcing his surrender at Appomattox.

Sheridan prosecuted the later years of the Indian Wars of the Great Plains. Both as a soldier and private citizen, he was instrumental in the development and protection of Yellowstone National Park. In 1883 Sheridan was appointed general-in-chief of the U.S. Army, and in 1888 he was promoted to the rank of General of the Army during the term of President Grover Cleveland.

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Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army - Volume 1

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Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army - Volume 2

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Personal Memoirs of Philip H. Sheridan: Volume One: General, United States Army (Timeless Classic Books)

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Personal Memoirs of Philip H. Sheridan: Volume Two: General, United States Army (Timeless Classic Books)

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Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan: 2 by Philip H. Sheridan (1998-12-01)

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The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Volume II., Part 6

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Sailor's Creek To Appomattox Court House, 7th, 8th, 9th April, 1865: Or, The Last Hours Of Sheridan's Cavalry

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Surrender at Appomattox: First-hand Accounts of Robert E. Lee's Surrender to Ulysses S. Grant

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Correspondence and Transcripts Concerning the Fate of Geronimo and the Chiricahua Apaches, 1886-1890

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The Pursuit and Surrender of Geronimo: Dispatches, Reports, and Correspondence of Brigadier-General Nelson A. Miles, U.S. Army, Department of Arizona, April 1886 through February 1887

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