Sheridan, Philip H. (1831–88)

Civil War General

Philip Sheridan became one of Ulysses S. Grant's top lieutenants by the end of the Civil War and personified perhaps more than any other general the remorseless determination necessary to achieve victory.

Sheridan graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1853 ...

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