Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-08-10

| days within fortnight. AT 9:3o In the
| evening there was an attack of heart
| failure which the remedies that have been
| successful before failed TO control, and he
| died at 1920. Mrs. Sheridan and the
sisters, Maban and JustiniaDa, were with
| him.
All through yesterday Gen. SheI idan
had been in unusually good spirits, laugh
| ing and chatting with his brother and
| members of the family. AT 7:3O, DR..
| Matthews said the general was doing so
we'll that there would probably be no
| bulletins Issued for a week. After din
ner at the hotel, Mrs. Sh ,ridan carried
down the general a large slice of roast
beef, which he ate with apparent relish.
| he dozed off Bit during the afternoon,
| but awoke to eat supper and then went to
| sleep again. The unfavorable symptoms
| made their appearance so unex pectedly
| and were so rapid in development that
| the children were aroused barely in tine
to take the last look at their dying father.
At the death bed were, besides Mrs. Sher-
idan and the sisters, Mary, Louise, Irene
and Philip, the children, Col. Sheridan,
| his brother, with his wife, and Drs.
| O'Reilly and Matthews. Mrs. Sheridan
| and the nurses were on their knees in
| prayer as the spirit departed. Mrs. Col.
! Kellogg, dear friend of the family, ar
| rived Just moment after the last breath
was drawn, and assisted Mrs. Sheridan to
| her feet, when she closed the eyes of the
| deceased. At g. M, the embalmers were
in possession of the Generals body.
| AS illustrative of the confidence
felt BY Mrs. Sheridan in the ultimate re
covery of her husband, it may be stated
that only few days ago she sent to Chi
cago the money to pay off small mort
| gage on real estate owned by the general
| in that city, and that she had made some
| preliminary arrangements with a view to
| tho permanent removal of the general
| from Norquitt early in September, fear
| ing that the cold winds of autumn might
retard what she hoped would be his
| speedy restoration to health.
Mrs. Sheridan bears up with great self
control, but is terribly grief stricken, the
| shock having been intensified by reason
| of the cheering reports and the apparent
| ly cheerful outlook of the last few days.
TIE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
1t has been substantially arranged that
Gen. Sheridan's remains will be trans
ported to Washington in a special Ger to
leave New Bedford Wednesday, and that
the funeral services will be held in St.
Matthews Catholic church as soon as
possible thereafter, either Thursday or
Friday. Gen. Sheridan has repeatedly
expressed q strong dislike of display in
funerals and in accordance with his wishes
and those of Mrs. Sheridan, the ceremon-
| les in Washington are to be made as
simple as possible. The funeral of
course will be a military one. 1t has
been decided that Gen. Sheridans remains
shall be buried in the - rhngton National
| cemetery, and that the funeral shall take
place on Saturday.
Biographical.
General Philip Henry Sheridan was
born at Somerset, Perry County. Oaio,
March 6, 1881. A few years at the village
school, followed by service in the village
| store furnished his education and train
| ing until fortunate application to the
| Congressman of his district made him, in
! 1S4S, cadet at West Point He should
| have been graduated in 1862, but years
| suspension, the result of a quar-
| rel with a fellow student, transferred
| him to the class of 1853, in which he
ranked thirty fourth among its fifty-two
members. He was appointed a brevet
| Second Lieutenant of Infantry July l,
! 1858; in the following year was assigned
| to the First Infantry, in Texas, and on
| November %, 1854 received his commits
| sion as second lieutenant of the Fourth
| Infantry. With the latter regiment he
served during the next six years in Wash
| ingtOn Territory and Oregon. In one of
| Gen. Scott's orders this mention of him
| is found: "April 28, 1857, Brevet Lieut..
| Col. E. j. Steptoe, Ninth Infantry, com
manding companies A, Z, F, and 1, same
regiment, and detatchmeats of Company
| E, First Dragons, and Company L,
| Third Artillery, in all 200 men, at the
| Cascades, w. t, repuised the Indians in
| their attack of that place. The troops
landed under fire, routing and dispensing
| the enemy at every point. Second
Lieut.. Philip H. Sheridan, Fourth Infan-
| try, is especially mentioned for his
| gallantry."
THAoUGH TIE nKsIGNATIoN
| of Southern officers and the creation of
new regiments on the outbreak of the
civil war, Sheridan secured a first lIeuten-
ancy in March, 1862, and May 14ta he was
| made captain in the Thirteenth Regj-
ment. The day before Christmas he was
! appointed quartermaster on the staff of
| General Curtis, commanding the army of
| southwest Missouri. Being recommended
to the Governor of Michigan, he was
commissioned May %, 1862, as colonel of
| the Second Michigan cavalry, then near
| Corinth, and took part with it in Elliot's
| raid against the railroad July / he
| fought a brilliant battle at Bonneville,
| and his appointment as brigadier general
of volunteers was dated from the action.
| During the autumn of 1869 Sheridan
was transferred to Kentucky, and there
received command of the Eleventh Divi-
sion of the Army of the Ohio, under
| Buell.. At the battle of PerryvilIe he
maneuvered his division with con picu-
Gus skill and effect, and at the bloody
bIttle of Murfreesboro he held the key
point for several hours in the first days
fighting, displaying superb tactical skill
and the greatest gallantry. On the zee
J omme mensation OF Rosecrans, who had
succeeded Buell., he was made Major Gen
| eral of volunteers.
| Advancing from Murfreesboro and
Tallahoma across the Cumberland Noun
| tains and the Tennessee, Sheridan sept.
| 19 aud 40, distinguished himself again
in the battle at Chicksnauga with Bragg.
| At the stsrming of Lookout Mountain
| Sheridsn's division was the first to cross
the crest. This battle was the culminat-
/ ing point of his career in the West.
| Ia the spring OF "a Sheridan took com
mand of the cavalry co -ps of the Army
| of the Potomac, under Grant, and when
the May campaign opened he pioneered
| the army On its path
THROUGH IEE WILDERNESS,
| and thence to Spottsylvanla. May Z, ne
| ought a battle at Todd's Tavern, and
| two Gays later he made cavalry eIpe-
dltiop within the eneuy's lines, dashlng
upon the outworks of RichrBond itself,
wh.n he took hundred prisoners. The
return to the army May "a, having de-
| stroyed many miles of railroad track and
recs ptured 375 Union soldiers on their
| way to Libby Prison. During June and
| July Sheridan wa. engaged In a number
| of minor battles, serving with the great
| est distinction. Toward the end of July
he moved north of the James to aid Gen
| eral Hancock's operations at Deep Bot
tom, and Jul! 2S he was engaged al
| Darbytown
On the 7th of August, Grant put Sheri-
| dan IL command of the Middle Military
| Division, and for six weeks he was kept
on the defensive near Hsrper's Ferry. his
forces opposing those of General Early
Sept. 19, however, as Esrly's forces had
been diminished, he crossed the Aupe-
| quon, and after severe battle com plete-
| Iy defeated the confederates- The mex.
day, q. Grants Recommendation, Presi-
dent Lincoln appointed Sheridan
brig adler general IN the regular army.