Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-10-29
sketch of General Sheridan.

J. HOLT, Judge-Advoeate- General.
Sketch of General Sheridan.
Philip Henry Sheridan to whom ihe
co ln'ry is ndCb;ed o. the great tIiumpbs
10 virginia. is native Of Peru County,
Ohio, born in the year 1881. He was
! graduated at West Point Military Acade.
my July, 1858, aud at the time he entered
the army as Brevent Second Lieutenant of
the First United States infantry: During
the years 1884 and be served 10 the
Indian camapign in Texas in July Of the
last mentioned year, after serving few
months 10 command of one of the forts in
New Yo'k harbor, he was ordered TO Cali
fornia. Engaged for q while in the G ov
ernment railroad surveys on the Pacific
coast he was detached from that service 10
take part in the campaign against the In
dians in Oregon Territory. In the severe
campaign under Major Raines he greatly
distinguished himself, and was highly prais
ed by his commander for gallant aud mer.
itorious conduct In the fight at the Gas
cades of Colombia, April 28th, 1856.
From the "a be took iu the settlement
Of the Indian troubles in Oregon, Sheridan
w-s very wal mly eulogizAd by Gen. Scott,
then GeneraI-in Chief Of the army Just
after the breaking out Of the rebellion, be
was made Captain in the Thirteenth In.
fantry, and served several months iu ST.
Louis as President Of Military Commis-
sion convened at that place. ID Decem
ber, 1861, be was made Quarter-lnaster OF
the Army of the South. West, then opera.
ting 10 Southern Missouri, and afterwards
in Arkansas under Gen Samuel Ii. Curtis.
He remained with the army until after the
great battle of Pea Ridge u the Spring OF
1862 when be was appointed Chief Q iar-
termaster or the Staff of General Halleck
then in command of the army before Cor
inth ..-s- E.. t..,t
In May, 1862, he was offered and accept.
ed The command of the Second Michigan
Cavalry, aud from this time be was in his
proper element, aud his great merits as q
soldier 10 active field services were rapidly
developed. Three days after be assumed
command, {May 30rh( he fought and de-
feated o considerable body of rebel caval
ry near Corinlh In eleven days az or this
he was entrusted with the command OF q
brigade of cavalry and on the lst Of July
he indicated the choice Of his commander
by lighting and defeating rebel cavalry
force Of nine regiments under the notorious
Chalmers. Tnis action was so brilliant
that it won for him the star Of brigadieri
Thus in one mouth be won his way by
sheer force of active and meritoriOus SER
vice, from the rank Of Major to that Of
general officer. La September Of the same
year be was given the command of the Sd
Division Of the army of the Ohio, then op-
Grating under Buell. in Kentucky. lie
fought bis brigade with distinguished gal
Iantry and success in the several battles Of
Perryville, in October Of that Year and
again with still greater distinction under
Gen Rosecrans in the victorious Murfrees
boro campaign in December, 1862, add
January, 1863
His services at this time were of such
distinguished merit that he was made a
Major Genaral. to date from December 81 /,
1852. From that time on, his career iu
the Tullahoma, Chattanooga, and Chica.
manga tampaign Of Gen Rosecrans, in the
Chattanooga aud Mission Ridge eampaign
with Gen Grant, and III the great cam
paign o! the Army of the Poi omac, COM
meucing in May, 1854, oil the time as a
most accomplished and successful General
of a corps Of cavalry is still SO fresh in the
memory of the people as to render more
particular mention UNNECESSARY. '-l fa7 3v
His dashing expedition to the rear of
| the rebel lines near the w Ilderness, in May
last |; his destructive foray on the Virginia
Central Railroad in June and his almsst
ubiquitous operations against the enemy
with the splendid cavalry be has imbued
with bis own soldierly spirit, made him
the terror OF Lees army 10 the early months
OF the campaign, 1a lsr.1, gii.r.en
In all his various employments, whether
as subaltern in an Indian Campaign, in
he difficult executive dnties of the Quar-
termaster's Office, as the colonel # cay.
airy regiment, as the General Of an iafant-
ry division, as the General of cavalry
corps. or 10 the higher and more response
BILE position of commanding General of az
Independent army now in the field. Philip
Hsnry Sheridan, now Major G. eneral and
Brigadier in the regular army by appoint
ment, has shown himself q most thorough
and accomplished soldier, aud well desery.
ing OF the laurel wreath the vic cries OIL
Winchester and Fishers Hill viii cast up
on his brow. s.st..., -....-.
.F. H