The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-08-10
SHERIDAN IS dead.
The Doughty Little General at
Last Sucoumbs to the Grim
Destroyer.
The Immediate Cause Of His Death
Was a Recurrence of the Heart
Trouble.
de Gradually Became Unconscious and
Was Free From Pain to
the Last.


Can's death occurred at 1870 Sunday
evening Previous to the sudden ap'
Pearance of heart failure, at about $50,
there had been no premonitions of an un-
favorable change In his condition. The
weather has been warmer than usual,
and the general was at times little
restless, but seemed generally bright and
cheerful His voice was strong,
he took full supply Of
nOurishment, slept occasionally, as
usual, and the doctors and his family
we're in hopeful spirits. At O'Clock
Mrs Sheridan and the doctors went to
tie hotel for supper, and soon after their
return the usual preparations for the
night were made. At about 9:2U Col.
Sheridan said good night" to his brother
ana went TO the hotel, there having
been through the day no signs Of any un.
favorable change in his condition.
At $50 symptoms of heart failure
suddenly appeared, and Drs. O'Reilly
and Matthews, who were with him at
the time, Immediately applied the REM
sdies which proved successful in all pre-
vious similar attacks, but this time they
were without effect, and despite all that
could be done the general gradually sank
into a condition of complete unconscious
ness, and at 1890 breathed his last.
Mrs. Sheridan, the Sisters Maban and
Justinian, and the faithful body servant,
Klein, were also at his bedside through
out his dying hours.
No arrangement has yet been deter
mined upon in regard to the time or
place of the generals burial
The following official bulletin was L.
sued at midnight
Gen Sheridan died at 1920 this even
ing. The immediate cause of death was
heart failure. The remote cause was
disease of the mitral and aortic valves,
the existence of which was known to his
physicians. to himself and to his family
in November Of last year. The comph-
cations which have occurred have been
nervous exhaustion, pulmonary inaction,
pneumonia, pulmonary Rgeria, ana
SAGA and hemorIhage. The last day of
his life was somewhat restless, but not
more so than he has been sew
eral times since his arrival at
NOuQullI. a
heart failure suddenly appeared. The
remedies which had hitherto been sue
cessful were vigorously applied, but
proved Intellectual, and he sank rapidly,
dying painlessly at the hour named.
ROBERT NJ. O'REILLY,
Surgeon U. S. A.
WASHINGTON MATTHEW"
Gen. Sheridan was born in Somerset,
Ohio, March 6, 1881. His parents were
poor and for a long time lived in q one
story frame building on South street In
that town. John Sheridan, Phil's father,
tried TO make some money as a railroad
contractor, but invariably met with III
luck.
At the age of IL Phil became q clerk
and was engaged in this avocation until
| 1S47, when he was appointed a cadet al
West Point. He graduated in 1869
Upon his graduation he was assigned tt
! the infantry branch of the service, ssrv
ing two years in Texas, and from 1866 tt
1881 in Oregon. At the commencement
of the civil war he was appointed quar-
| termaster of the Army of South west
Missouri, his rank being captain.
May, 1852, the governor of Mich
| igan appointed him colonel Of
the Second Michigan cavaly, rand July 1,
1862, he was commissioned as brigadieI
general of volunteers, and was soon in
command of a division of the Army OF
the Ohio. In April, 1864, he was called
by General Grant to the Army of the Pc
tomac and put in command of the cav.
airy.
In March, 1869, by the promotion OF
Gen. Sherman, he became lieutenant
general, assuming command of the West
EN- and Southwestern military divisions
with headquarters in Chicago. Here he
resided until the autumn of 1888, when,
| by the retirement of Gen. Sherman, ht
became commander of the Army Of the
United States, in which capacity he
served until made general of the United
States army by an act of congress few
weeks since.