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.

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.

Mar 24, 2010 · Philip Sheridan was a Civil War Union general who was prominently involved in the victorious Shenandoah Valley Campaign and the Battle of Five Forks.

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.

Sheridan became General-in-Chief of the US Army in November 1883 when General Sherman retired. In that capacity, he brought the bloody period of the American Indian wars to an end with the capture of Geronimo in 1886.

He is most famous for his destruction of the Shenandoah Valley in 1864, called “The Burning” by its residents. He was also the subject of an extremely popular poem entitled “Sheridan’s Ride”, in which he (and his famous horse, Rienzi) save the day by …

Jun 12, 2006 · At an obscure railroad station in northern Mississippi, an equally obscure Union cavalry colonel faced a personal and professional moment of truth. His name was Phil Sheridan, and his coolness and dash clearly marked him for bigger things.

Sheridan spent many years on duty enforcing the peace among Native American Tribes of the Great Plains. But peace for who? Sheridan oversaw numerous conflicts through the 1870s and early 1880s, including the Red River Wars of 1874-75, the Great Sioux Wars of 1876-77, and the Nez Perce War of 1877.

Phil Sheridan, Major General of Volunteers, Union Cavalry Corps. In April of 1864, Sheridan arrived at the Army of the Potomac and found the Cavalry Corps in poor condition. His men were spread out on picket duty guarding the entire Union Army.

Union Army General Philip “Little Phil” Sheridan was an Army lieutenant at the outbreak of War. He rose through the ranks, first as a quartermaster and later as a cavalry officer and division commander in the West. He stormed Missionary Ridge at the Battle of Chattanooga in 1863.