The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-08-09
GEN. SHERIDAN

GEN. oHERJDAN was strong. He
took a full supply of nourishment and
slept occasionally as usual, and the
doctors and his family were in hope
and the doctors went to the hotel for supper
and o after their return the usual prep
arations for the night were made. At about
9:2O Col. Sheridan said good night
to his brother and went tq the hotel
There had been through the day nc
change in his condition. At'9:3O Symphonic
sof hA It failure suddenly appeared and Drs
OReilly and Matthews, who were with him al
the time. Immediately applied the remedies
which were SO successful in all previous SINH
lar attacks, but this time they were without
effect, and despite all that could be done the
general sank into a. condition of complete
unco~nsciousness, andsat 1920 breathed his
last. Mrs. Sheridan, the Sisters Madam and
Justinian, and the faithful body servant
Klein were also at his bedside throughout
his dying hours.
THE NEWS AT WASHINGTON.
WASH, Aug. S. Owing to the lateness ofthe
hour at which thenews of Gen. Sheridan 3 dealt
was received, it was decided by Col. Lamont
not to communicate it to the president till
morning. One of the servants at Secretary
EnaieQtt's was notified of the death, but de
clined to awaken the secretary to communi
cate the news to him.
II GENERALS SICKNESS
The illness which has Just resulted in Gen
She4 death commenced last May, i'm.
mediately after his return from a tour o1
inspection out West. He complained of feel.
ing unwell and worn ont, but came down to
the office each day for about q week. He
was then forced to remain indoors and on
tuesday, May 20, he had q severe attack
OF heart failure, which greatly alarmed his
family and physicians.
On Friday, of the week end May &c, he had
several attacks of heart failure and these in.
creased in violence with each succeeding at
tack. Several times during his illness it
seemed as if life had become extinct, but by
the adoption of radical measures the action
brought around again. His heart
one time ceased to beat for q full
second, but the extraordinary watch
mlness and care of the attending
physicians, brought him back to conscious
ness again. New complications set in and
hope'was well nigh abandoned several times,
only to be renewed by the great vitality and
determination shown by the stricken soldier.
Inc history OF these relapses and recoveries
is familiar to the readers of the daily press.
with the approach of warm weather it was
decided by the physicians after several con-
ssultations that the patient must be removed,
ISas he would be utterly unable in his weakened
state to withstand a period of pro-
ionged heat. Accordingly. on Satur-
day, June 80, he was, after several delays,
placed on the United States steamer Swartara
and taken to Nonquitt, Mass, which place he
reached after several stops,scaused by recur-
rences of the heart trouble. The general had
matie hls will and al Preparations for death
andAwas ready to face it. though resolutely
determined that life should not be given up
without u severe struggle on his part. He
leavesAp wife, the daughter of Gen. Rucker,
and four small children-three girls and one
boy III. ,,v,.
Gen. Sheridan was born in Somerset. Ohio.
March 6, 1881. His parents were poor and
Ior~along time lived in a o~ne-story frame
building on South street in that town. John
Sherido6, Pills father, tried to make some
money "a railroad contractor. b%utinvaria-
bly, met gith i'll luck. In 1856, after Phil
had saved some money from his army pay,
he bought eighteen acres of land near Somer-
set and gave his parents the money to build
q home. John Sheridan died there in 1876.
but Mrs. Sheridan died at the nge Of eighty
seven. Throughout all his career Gen. Sheri4
dan paid hiS mother q yearly visit. except, of
course, when prevented by his military duties.
At theF age of twelve Phil had to 20 to
work. efound employment in a hardware
store in the village kept by John Talbot,
with whom he remained four months. He
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Dittoe in the dry goods business, remaining
with them until 1647. He seemed pretty
well satisfied with mercantile pursuits until
he read one day of q vacancy at West Point,
which half the fathers of the district were
begging Gen. Richie, the congressman, to
I'LL with their boys. Phil sat right down
and wrote Gen. Richie a straightforward
7 application, without %anybody's endorsement
or even advice. The appointment vas
quickly made andsWidely announced.
Upon his graduation he was assigned to
the infantry branch of the service, serving
two years in Texas, and from 1855 to 1861
in Oregon. At the commencement of the
the Army of Southwest Missouri, his rank
being captain. May, 1862, the governor
Of Michigan appointed him colonel Of
the second Michigan. cavalry, and
July. l., 1862, he was COM
missioned as brigadier-general of vol
sion of the Army OF the Ohio. At the battle
of Stone River, Dec. 31s 1862, he saved the
army from rout by his stubborn resistance OF
h sAlemy's onslaughts. For this he made
ma general. In the march to Chattanooga
under Rosecrans he was exceedingly
aet1vs, and when n necessity seemed
an. abandon and, recklessness that won
the admiration.o of his soldiers and gained for,
him the soubriquet of Fighting Phil" In
the battle of Chickamauga, though swept off
the field by the breaking Of the lines, he re-
Coveted himself and returned with his COM
mand I'M some other troops to the support
about C~hattaneoga he distinguished himself
and was regarded as among the most &C.
complished and successful soldiers Of the
West.
IN COMMAND or THE CAVALRY
In April, 1854. he was called nv Can Grant