Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888

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Birth 1831
Death 1888
Birth 1831
Death 0088
Birth 1821
Death 1888
Birth 1831-03-06
Death 1888-08-05

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U.S. Army officer and Union general.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [place name illegible], to [Sawtelle?], 1866 July 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 753969354

Philip Henry Sheridan was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. A native of Albany, N.Y., Sheridan graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1853 and subsequently served with the 4th U.S. Infantry in the Pacific Northwest. Sheridan served predominantly in staff positions during the early years of the Civil War but was promoted by General U.S. Grant in 1863 to commander of cavalry, Army of the Potomac. In 1864, he led the raid on Richmond, Virginia, that resulted in the death of Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart. Grant later appointed Sheridan military governor of Louisiana and Texas, a position from which he was removed the following year due to his severity as an administrator.

From the description of Philip Henry Sheridan letter, 1867 Apr. 30. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 318104261

General, U.S. Army.

From the description of Papers, 1865. (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 71170528

Army officer.

From the description of Philip Henry Sheridan papers, 1853-1896 (bulk 1862-1887). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980204

From the description of Letter, 1887 Feb. 26. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70942069

American general.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Chicago], to W.W. Belknap, 1874 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662382

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chicago, Ill., to William W. Belknap, [18]71 June 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662462

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chicago, to William W. Belknap, 1872 Apr. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662467

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Gen. O.O. Howard, 1882 Sept. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663471

From the description of Telegram signed : New Orleans, to Thomas J. Durant, in Washington, 1867 June 03. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665052

Philip Sheridan was a Civil War Union general and frontier army commander.

From the description of Phillip Sheridan letter to Colonel Robert Breckenridge, 1875 October 5. (University of California, Santa Barbara). WorldCat record id: 746213980

General in the Army of the United States during and after the Civil War.

From the description of Letter, May 7, 1866, June 24, 1884. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54801934

American soldier and general who participated in the American Civil War (1861-1865) and directed United States military activities against the Indians in the American West.

From the description of Letters, 1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122638135

Biographical Note

1831, Mar. 6 Born, Albany, N.Y. 1853 Graduated, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. 1854 1855 Frontier duty at Fort Duncan, La Pena, and Turkey Creek, Tex. 1855 1861 Frontier duty in the Oregon and Washington territories 1861 1862 Chief quartermaster and chief commissary of the Army of the Southwest 1862 Promoted to colonel, U.S. Volunteers Commanded Second Michigan Cavalry, Volunteers Commanded Second Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Mississippi Promoted to brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers Commanded Eleventh Division, Third Corps, Army of the Ohio Commanded Third Division, Right Wing, Fourteenth Army Corps Promoted to major general, U.S. Volunteers 1863 Commanded Third Division, Twentieth Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland 1863 1864 Commanded Second Division, Fourth Army Corps 1864 Commanded Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac Promoted to brigadier general, U.S. Army 1865 Commanded Army of the Shenandoah Commanded Middle Military Division Promoted to major general, U.S. Army Commanded all U.S. forces west of the Mississippi River 1865 1866 Commanded Military Division of the Gulf 1866 1867 Commanded Department of the Gulf 1867 Commanded Fifth Military District 1867 1869 Commanded Department of the Missouri 1869 1878 Commanded Military Division of the Missouri 1869 Promoted to lieutenant general, U.S. Army 1870 Inspected military posts in northern Utah and Montana 1870 1871 United States official observer of the Franco-Prussian War 1875 Married Irene Rucker 1877 Led Yellowstone expedition 1878 1883 Commanded Western and Southwestern Military Division 1883 Escorted Chester A. Arthur, Robert Todd Lincoln, and others on an expedition through Yellowstone Park 1883 1888 Commanding general, U.S. Army, succeeding William T. Sherman 1888 Published Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan. New York: C. L. Webster. 2 vols. Promoted to general, U.S. Army 1888, Aug. 5 Died, Nonquit, Mass.

From the guide to the Philip Henry Sheridan Papers, 1853-1896, (bulk 1862-1887), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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