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Biographical.
General Philip Henry Sheridan was
ham az Somerset, Perry county, Ohio,
March g. 1881. A few years at the village
a55oI, followed by seyice in the village
,ar4. furnished him His education and
canning until fortunate application 10
a. Congressman of his district made
En-. in 1s4S, cadet at West Point. He
aorId have been graduated in 1852, but
9,ssfs suspension, the result of quar-
,qth fellow student, transferred him
% he class of 1853, in which he raaked
erty1ourtn among its tifty-two mem
~ e,s He was appointed breyet Second
Lieutenant of Infantry Jolly l, 1858; in
Ne following year was assigned to the
F,, Infantry, in Texas, and on Noyem-
b, ~, 1854, received his commission as
second lieuten6nt of the Fourth
Infantry. With the latter regiment he
served during the next six years in Wash
1gt0n territory and Oregon. In one of
GEN. Scotts orders this mention of him
i01ud April %. 1856. Brevet Lieut..
Col. E. j. Steptoe, Ninth Infantry, com
1ludiug com panies A, Il, L, and |, same
rg.uent and Getatohments of company
T. First Dragons, and company l., Third
ira.sry in all 200 men, at the Cascades,
w. T., repulsed the Indians in their at
tack on that place. The troops landed
n5sr fire, routing and dispensing the
enemy 40 every point Second
L1suant Philip II. Sheridan, Fourth
Il'ar'ry is especially mentioned for his
8lmt:y.'
THROUGH THE RESIGNATION
aSo7,ae-u officers and the creation of
CAS- regiments on the outbreak OF the
srl war, Sheridan secured a first lien.
slsncy in March, 1861, and May 14th he
V. made captain IN the Thirteeptn
Regiment The day before Christmas he
W. appointed quartermaster on the staff
Of General Curtis, commanding the army
southwest Missouri, Being recon-
NEEDED to The Governor OF Michigan, he
," commissioned May, %, 1862, as COL
2ls of the second Michigan cavalry, then
aH Cornith, and took part with it in
LHO, raid against the railroad. JL.y l
fought brilliant battle at Bonneville,
'll Dis appointment Of brigadier general
0'oanteers was dated from the action.
During the autumn of 1862 Sheridan
Vas ifansterred to Kentucky, there re-
rEed command of the Eleventh Division
y. le Army of the Ohio, under Buell., At
VOC battle of Perryville he Unanswered
w DIVISION with conspicuous skill and
,-.ot and at the bloody battle of Muir
"'s'ooro he held the key-poiLt for sever
-'a'- 10 the first days fighting, dis
| F!ls superb tactical skill and the
.''.s't gaIlantvy. On the recommends
~ vi NOeecrans, who had succeeded
--7-' be was made Major General of
0ll'ee-s
Aa'ancing from Murfreesboro and
.-''aoma across the Cumberland Noun
aus and tennessee, Sheridan, Sept. 10
~ ~ distinguished himself again in
+.ae 81 Chickamauga with Bragg.
s'orming of Lookout Mountain
.tltas division was the first to cross
#7,' This battle was the culmiuat-
-s point of his career in the West.
.- .a- sFring of "a Sheridan took com
-f. 1 %. the cavalry corps OF the Army
fo'omac, under Grant, and when
y campaign opened he pioneered
''Al oalts path
aAoUGH THE WILDERNESS,
=. ..snee to spottsylvania. May 7, he
-a. battle az Todd's Tavern. and
.. 'a.er he made cavalry expe-
r,... within he eueuy's lines, dashing
"utgorks Of Richmond itself,
.... ..eA hundred prisoners. The
II. ' .he army May "a having de
any miles of railroad track and
$40 Union soldiers on their
IA. '-o9ey Prison. Daring June and
~. .tan was engaged in q number
., -t.ie-, serving with the great
Jon. Toward the end Of Julv I
...-.. .Hrth Of the James to aid Gen /
operations at Deep Bot (
DIX. July IS ne Yves engaged Ut I
ID o. August Grant put saari- /
t 4Hand Of the middle Military I
a.a for six weeks he was kept T
.-s-ye near HGrper's Ferry, his I
posing those Of General I
r. ~, however, as Early'- F
9sea diminished he crossed /
SOB and after severe battle F
defeated the Confederates. I
aaE at Grants recommends
e-ai Liucoln appointed sheri. I
general ia the regular I
Early ar the val ~ turn (
-#1 again defeated him aud /
withdraw to Browns Gap I
aarew, and, at the re-
airy Stanton for consulta. 4
@ Washington, Oct rs. On .
eh e Winchester, he heard I
9asta
1a1Es Mills AWAY.
e 2 fog, bad surprised the /
oa army and, il sheridaa's /
a-iF=a It back beyond MID |
an escort OF only 20 mel /
1o the scene OF battle, aud, !