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Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 [ 1][ a] – August 5, 1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.
- Phil Sheridan: Youth and Early Military Career
- Phil Sheridan: The Rise to Cavalry Commander
- Phil Sheridan: The Shenandoah Valley Campaign
- Phil Sheridan: The Battle of Five Forks
- Phil Sheridan: Post-Civil War Life and Death
Philip Henry Sheridan was born to Irish parents on March 6, 1831, possibly while the family was en route from Ireland to Somerset, Ohio. (Some historians speculate that he was born in Albany, New York, where his family lived briefly before settling in Ohio.) Sheridan worked as a bookkeeper in a dry goods store during his teen years, and was inspire...
As a native Northerner, Sheridan’s decision to fight for the Union was a natural one. His early role in the war was limited to administrative assignments, but his performance was sufficient to earn him command of the 2nd Michigan Cavalry in May 1862. He distinguished himself in several minor raids and skirmishes and was rewarded with the rank of br...
Sheridan’s performance in the Overland Campaign convinced Grant to send him into the Shenandoah Valley of northern Virginia. His main target was the 15,000 Confederate cavalry troops under General Jubal Early(1816-94). The Confederacy relied on the fertile valley for much of its food, so Grant also ordered Sheridan to devastate the area’s precious ...
Sheridan and his cavalry rejoined the Army of the Potomac in March 1865 at Petersburg, Virginia, where Lee’s army had resisted Grant’s siege since August of the previous year. Desperate to drive Lee from Petersburg, Grant ordered Sheridan and his 12,000 cavalry to capture a nearby railroad known as Five Forks. Lee’s army depended on the railroad fo...
After the war, Sheridan was appointed to supervise federal Reconstruction (1865-77) efforts in Louisiana and Texas; however, he rapidly earned a reputation as a harsh leader. President Andrew Johnson(1808-75) transferred him to the Department of the Missouri only months later, where he spent several years in the West directing cavalry operations ag...
Philip Henry Sheridan was once described by Abraham Lincoln as “A brown, chunky little chap, with a long body, short legs, not enough neck to hang him, and such long arms that if his ankles itch he can scratch them without stooping.”
Jan 12, 2024 · Philip Henry Sheridan was a prominent Union general during the American Civil War and a career army officer, who rose to the position of general-in-chief of the United States Army before his death in 1888.
- Harry Searles
Aug 1, 2024 · Philip H. Sheridan (born March 6, 1831, Albany, N.Y., U.S.?—died Aug. 5, 1888, Nonquitt, Mass.) was a highly successful U.S. cavalry officer whose driving military leadership in the last year of the American Civil War was instrumental in defeating the Confederate Army.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Philip Sheridan, the Quartermaster and Fighting General. When the Union divided, Sheridan won swift promotion. His first major task took him not to blood-drenched battlefields, but to the disorderly red-ink accounts of General John C. Frémont’s quartermaster.
Jan 12, 2024 · APUSH Definition — Philip Sheridan (1826–1885) was an officer in the United States Army during the Civil War. He is most famous for his destruction of the Shenandoah Valley in 1864, which is known as “The Burning.”
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