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Philip Sheridan was the son of an Irish immigrant, a road laborer, and he never harkened after anything softer than a soldier’s life. It was soldiering that determined nearly everything about him: his loyalties and prejudices, his sense of duty and honor, his ideas of justice and order.
His career as a cadet got off to a shaky start when Sheridan, who was known for his hair-trigger temper and nicknamed "Little Phil" due to his shortness—he stood five feet, five inches tall, with a huge torso and short, bandy legs—assaulted an upperclassman, which resulted in his suspension for one year.
Nov 6, 2019 · Born March 6, 1831, at Albany, NY, Philip Henry Sheridan was the son of Irish immigrants, John and Mary Sheridan. Moving to Somerset, OH at a young age, he worked in a variety of stores as a clerk before receiving an appointment to West Point in 1848.
Philip Henry Sheridan, a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the Civil War. Sheridan’s career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant , who transferred Sheridan from command of an infantry division in the Western Theater to lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac in the East.
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On August 6, 1864, Sheridan took command of what he would call the Army of the Shenandoah. Of about 50,000 troops in his department, nearly 10,000 would guard the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, a vital lifeline for the Union.
Philip Henry Sheridan was born in Albany, New York on 6 March 1831. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1853. Before the Civil War, he served with the 1st Infantry and the 4th Infantry. In 1861, he was promoted to first lieutenant and then captain.
