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See also:SHERIDAN, See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
PHILIP See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY (1831-1888) , See also:American See also:general, was See also:born at See also:Albany, N.Y., on the 6th of See also:March 1831. His See also:early See also:life was spent in a See also:country See also:district in See also:Perry See also:county, See also:Ohio, and he proceeded to See also:West Point in 1848, graduating in 1853. He was assigned to the See also:infantry and served on the frontier and on the Pacific See also:coast, gaining some experience of See also:war in operations against the See also:Indians. At the outbreak of the See also:Civil War in 1861 he had just become first See also:lieutenant, and soon afterwards he was promoted See also:captain and entrusted with administrative duties in the western See also:theatre of war. Early in 1862 he was commissioned See also:colonel of the 2nd See also:Michigan See also:cavalry, with which he served in See also:Halleck's See also:army on the See also:Tennessee. In See also:June he was placed in command of a cavalry See also:brigade, and a See also:month later he won See also:pro-See also:motion to the See also:rank of brigadier-general U.S.V. by his skilful conduct of the fight of Booneville on the 1st of See also:July. He took See also:part in General See also:Buell's See also:campaign against See also:Bragg, and led the Irth See also:division of the Army of the Ohio at the hard-fought See also:battle of See also:Perryville (See also:October 8). Sheridan distinguished himself still more at the sanguinary battle of See also:Murfreesboro (See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
Stone See also:river), and on the recommendation of See also:Rosecrans was made See also:major-general of See also:volunteers, to date from the 31st of See also:December 1862. His division took part in Rosecrans's campaign of 1863 and a very distinguished part at Chickamauga and See also:Chattanooga (q.v.). Sheridan's leading of his division at the latter battle attracted the See also:notice of General See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
Grant, and when the latter, as general in See also:chief of the U.S. armies, was seeking an " active and energetic See also:man, full of spirit and vigour and life " to command the cavalry of the Army of the See also:Potomac, Sheridan was chosen on the See also:suggestion of General Halleck. The extraordinary activity of the See also:Union cavalry under his command justified the choice. Sheridan's See also:corps took part in the battles of the See also:Wilderness and See also:Spottsylvania See also:Court See also:House (see the See also:article WILDERNESS), incidents of which led to a See also:bitter See also:quarrel between Sheridan and See also:Meade and to Sheridan's being despatched by General Grant on a fats reaching cavalry See also:raid towards See also:Richmond. In the course of this was fought the battle of Yellow See also:Tavern, where the Confederate general J. E. B. See also:Stuart was killed. After rejoining the army Sheridan fought another well-contested See also:action at See also:Hawes' See also:Shop and took and held See also:Cold Harbor. After the battle at that See also:place Sheridan undertook another raid, this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time towards See also:Charlottesville (June 7-28), in view of co-operation with the army of General See also:David See also:Hunter in the Valley. In the course of this was fought the action of Trevilian's Station (June II). A little later came General Sheridan's greatest opportunity for distinction. He was appointed to command a new " Army of the See also:Shenandoah " to oppose the forces of General Early, and See also:con-ducted the brilliant and decisive campaign which crushed the Confederate army and finally put an end to the war in See also:Northern' See also:Virginia (see AMERICAN CIVIL WAR and SHENANDOAH VALLEY . See also:CAMPAIGNS). The victories of the Opequan, or See also:Winchester (See also:September 19), See also:Fisher's See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill (September 22) and See also:Cedar See also:Creek (October to), produced See also:great elation in the See also:North and corresponding depression in the Confederacy, and Sheridan was made successively brigadier-general U.S.A. for Fisher's Hill and major-general U.S.A. for Cedar Creek. " Sheridan's Ride " of 20 M. from Winchester to Cedar Creek to take command of the hard-pressed Union troops is a celebrated incident of the war. His capacity for accepting the gravest responsibilities was shown, not less than by his handling of an army in battle, by his ruthless devastation of the Valley-a severe measure See also:felt to be necessary both by Sheridan himself and by Grant. From the Valley the cavalry rode through the enemy's country to join Grant before See also:Petersburg, fighting the action of See also:Waynesboro', destroying
communications and material of war, and finally See also:reporting to the general-in-chief on the 25th of March 1865. A few days later the indefatigable Sheridan won the last great victory of the. war at Five Forks. The operations were conducted entirely by him and were brilliantly successful, leading to the See also:retreat of See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
Lee from the lines of Petersburg and the final See also:catastrophe of Appomattox Court House. In the course of the battle of Five Forks Sheridan once more displayed his utter fearlessness of See also:criticism by summarily dismissing from his command General G. K. See also:Warren, an officer of the highest repute, whose corps was only temporarily under Sheridan's orders. The part played by the cavalry corps in the pursuit of Lee was most conspicuous, and Sheridan himself commanded the large forces of infantry and cavalry which cut off Lee's retreat and compelled the surrender of the famous Army of Northern Virginia (see AMERICAN CIVIL WAR and PETERSBURG).
Soon after the See also:close of the war Sheridan, who by these services 'had gained his reputation as one of the greatest soldiers of the time, was sent to exercise the military command in the See also:south-west, where a corps of observation, on the Mexican frontier, watched the struggle between See also:Maximilian and the Liberals (see MExlco: See also:History). General Sheridan stated in his See also:memoirs that material assistance was afforded to the Liberals out of the U.S. arsenals, and the moral effect of his presence on the frontier certainly influenced the course of the struggle to a very great extent. Later, in the Reconstruction See also:period, he commanded the Fifth Military District (See also:Louisiana and See also:Texas) at New See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans, where his See also:administration of the conquered states was most stormy, his See also:differences with See also:President See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson culminating in his recall in September 1867. He was then placed in See also:charge of the See also:Department of the See also:Missouri, which he commanded for sixteen years, and in 1869, on Grant's See also:election to the See also:presidency and See also:Sherman's consequent promotion to the full rank of general, he was made lieutenant-general. In 1868–1869 he conducted a See also:winter campaign against the Indians, which resulted in their defeat and surrender. During the Franco-See also:German War of 1870 General Sheridan accompanied the great headquarters of the German armies as the See also:guest of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Prussia. In 1873, at the time of the " Virginius " incident (see See also:CUBA), when an invasion of See also:Spain was projected, Sheridan was designated to command the See also:United States See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field army. In 1875 he was sent to New Orleans to See also:deal with See also:grave civil disorder, a See also:duty which he carried out with the same uncompromising severity that he had previously shown in 1867. In 1883 he succeeded Sherman in the chief command of the United States army, which he held until his See also:death at Nonquitt, See also:Mass., on the 5th of See also:August 1888. A few months previously he had been raised to the full rank of general.
As a soldier, Sheridan combined brilliant courage and pains-taking skill. As a fighting general he was unsurpassed. Few of the leaders of either See also:side could have stemmed the See also:tide of defeat as he did at Stone river and turned a See also:mere rally into a great victory as he did at Cedar Creek, by the pure force of See also:personal See also:magnetism. His restless See also:energy was that of a See also:Charles XII., to whom in this respect he has justly been compared, while, unlike the king of See also:Sweden, he was as careful and vigilant as the most methodical strategist. He was a devout See also:Roman See also:Catholic, and in his private life he had the esteem and admiration of all who knew him well. General Sheridan was president of the Society of the Army of the Potomac and of the Society of the Army of the See also:Cumberland, the latter for fourteen years. In 1875 he married See also:Irene, daughter of General D. H. Rucker, U.S.A.
His Personal Memoirs (2 vols.) were published soon after his death.
End of Article: SHERIDAN, PHILIP HENRY (1831-1888)
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