The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-07
GENERAL sAEs,DAN.
THE UER AID,
Salt Lake


that General Sheridan would recover.
When he waz stricken down iast May.
an th3 nature Of hi1 sff1 ctt0n became
known, IN are was en- almost universal
further sojonrn on eaItb being only 8
matter CO we6ks at most. People at
tackled "a ms was do nut got we'll. Ned
ioal skill msy keep them alive for a
time. but desth has set les hard apon
them and will not loosen its grip Tie
baliehns which wsrs issued from time to
time, though they were hopeful IN tone'
deceived nobody SAYS thos9 who wanted
&c hi te from themEev.E t1s know!sdae
that tha soldier was certainly dying.
And yet. fully as W. Ri understood
that the patient was swiftly passing
from eGrth, eEd well PREPARED e. ell
wee lor the announcement which ap
pe4rs o,5e@ hare l. his Issue Of TIE
HsEA-D. az news came with shock
uarC tie aa3oi,. ao& taeows 'ha "a'ion
i1eo !t}HseG Dl3Itniug. Gsne-G. 5hcc--
Gha was admired enl l3v. d Is 'l'
masses :pr his syldieriy instiuc.s sud
qu.ii les, H2 Was uu!i&e some
who haya VITA tbs unifo;m ead
bssa high "a DO ri1k,. FIR AS was
ali ,,tlor, wa;ie thay were nix ure
of the warrior and tks civilian politician
and Ia SONS lust lEees the latter eie-,
mSn2 appeared in larger prop triton
than the ilrnar. Many attempts were
mace to drew hin into the political
field and for twelve years past his nanG
has been periodically mentioned ia CON
SectiOn with the nomination 70 the
Presidency; but On every o. aasi0n when
he Wss approached on the subject his
answer Was TN emphatic 70 10 every
proportion which had :ot its object tue
making of him anytbiag but q eoiCisF
1t wa ps32Qsa OF his passionate dsYC.
tloa TO MS CHOSEN profession and his
refusal to be anything eiss which made
him loved by tho psop'e, and will >S.1se
him 70 % R1Hrnad 81 others than those
who xnew hin perIonal!y.
General Sh sridsn Wss not en- Old man.
having been born in Somerset. Ohi0, On
. Ma1oA 6ta, 1888, His parents wera
Irish, and very poor, hene2 hs enjoyed
few advantages In early ilfe- lie WA
Of military turn os mind, AID his
fact. w5li known in his neighborh3od.
lei to his appointment as cGnGi3at9 il
the Military atemy a. West Point,
whence ne graduated i'll 1853. Ills FIRST
assignment w4s . TIA INJURY, and
his 6rsS sarviGs WEE in Tess, Wharo he
was Stationed two years. H vas next
transferred ST Oregon. where he re-
married until 1861. wReu ne wss pro-
motsa TO q captainey aud at the break
lug out OF the Girl wa was recalled
and made qaartorInAstes o. the army
OF southwestern Missouri. l. tne
spring of 1882 hs was made cb.ef qdar
termastsr Of the wsS.e-n. depAtt-
Inent, aad in Say YVES So
pointed Colonial Of the Second
Michigan vaIantese cavalry. Els first
action vas with largely superior foyoe
st BooDevilIs, KY, il which he was so
eninenily successful IS to cali forth
praise end to gain E promotiJa ny brig
adler general Of volunteers. As COM
mander of the t1tn division OF the srmy |
of Chic, he won tRs butte OF Perrys, |
vile on OcE. g. 1852; he then com
manded e division o. tbs &rmy Of tie !
CamberIa nd, and at tie battle OF Sboua /
River, Dsc. 81, 1862, SAVED the !
Union sTmy from roa5 OF his |
etuhbora Resistance. II YVES his |
gallant conduct there which cansai !
him to be- promoted 70 majer- |
general of volunteers. Ia he famous
march toward Chattanooga. June 70 !
|Bsptemoer, 1868, hs was very active, ;
and Ia toe oattls OF Chicka manga. !
though nwep. of tte fsI1 6y the break
=. ing Of the line., ks recovered himself
and returned with his oWL command |
land some othar troops to support Gen
seral Thomas. Il was he who leo the
assault on Missionary Ridge, and ne
was the frat to reach the summit aai
|HUQ LsABS Gus AEOI1 tb
lin April, 1854, General Grant
called SEer:dIn to the Army Of
he Potomac, and placed him in
,onmaDd OF the caysI'y corps. Dur
ne the next threa months Sheridan
yas engaged in eighteen distinct &C.
lions. soma OF them battles OF great
.evaritv. and be was successful in all.
August he was put in command OF
She army of the She andoah, and soon
liter of the Middle Military Division
Here he gained several successes over
GENERAL Early. for which h; was made
riSadies-general, and in November
faccseded General Mcclellan as major
sneral. u was then that General
meridian entered upon the business