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Philip Henry Sheridan
General Philip H. Sheridan photographed by Mathew Brady

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PHILIP HENRY SHERIDAN

March 6, 1831 • August 5, 1888
  • Birthplace: Albany, New York
  • Parents: John Sheridan and Mary Meenagh
  • Youth: Moved to Somerset, Ohio, worked on canals and roads
  • 1848 - 1853: Attended U.S. Military Academy, graduated number 34 of 49
  • 1861: Quartermaster and commissary of Union troops in Southwest Missouri
  • 1863: Commanded XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland during battle of Chickamauga, winning major battles for the Union
  • 1864: Promoted to lieutenant-general, given command of all the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac (three divisions containing about 10,000 men)
  • 1864: Placed in command of the Army of the Shenandoah by General Grant
  • 1865: Forced Confederates to evacuate Petersburg, blocked the Confederate escape route at Appomattox Court House, forcing General Lee to surrender
  • 1870: Served as American military observer with the Prussian Army during the Franco-Prussian War, meeting Bismarck and the German emperor
  • Date and Place of Marriage: To Irene Rucker (daughter of Gen. D.H. Rucker), on June 3, 1875 while stationed in Chicago, Illinois
  • Children: Three daughters and a son
  • Age at Death: 57 years
  • Place of Death: Nonquitt, Massachusetts
  • Burial place: National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia

Currency Presentations featuring Philip Henry Sheridan

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Series 1890 $10 Treasury Note Presentation in Rustic Walnut Frame    Series 1890 $10 Treasury Note Presentation in Antique Black Frame    Series 1890 $10 Treasury Note Presentation in Classic Colonial Red Mahogany Frame    Series 1890 $10 US Treasury Note Presentation in Americana Walnut with Blue Wash Frame
Series 1890 $1, $2, $5 and $10 US Treasury Notes CDV Presentation in Antique Black Frame

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