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Philip Henry Sheridan (Condado de Cavan, Irlanda, 6 de marzo de 1831 - Nonquitt, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos, 5 de agosto de 1888) fue un oficial de carrera del Ejército de los Estados Unidos y general del Ejército de la Unión en la guerra civil estadounidense.
Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.
24 de mar. de 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.
In the fall of 1861, Sheridan was a staff officer for Maj. Gen. Henry Halleck. He later became quartermaster general in the Army of Southwest Missouri. With the help of influential friends he was appointed Colonel of the 2nd Michigan Cavalry in May, 1862.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Sheridan was called east to serve as a captain in the 13th US Infantry in southwest Missouri. In late May 1862, he was appointed colonel of the 2nd Michigan Cavalry, and just over one month later, distinguished himself during a raid at Booneville, Mississippi.
Philip Sheridan was a forceful Union general during Civil War. He established his ability for command during tasks on the U.S. frontier.
Those risktakers helped their commander, Major General Philip H. Sheridan, lead his Army of the Shenandoah to victory in 1864 in the Shenandoah Valley and then in both the James River expedition and the Appomattox campaign in 1865.
