Philip Sheridan

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Union Army general United States Army general human

Philip Sheridan was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War who later became Commanding General of the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars and Reconstruction era.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Philip H. Sheridan	4

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Union Army general ⓘ United States Army general ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived	Congressional Gold Medal ⓘ Thanks of Congress ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ United States–Native American wars ⓘ surface form: Indian Wars Reconstruction Era military operations ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1831-03-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1888-08-05 ⓘ
educatedAt	United States Military Academy ⓘ
employer	United States Army ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Irish American ⓘ
familyName	Sheridan ⓘ
givenName	Philip ⓘ
hasPartInMottoOrQuote	“The only good Indian is a dead Indian” (attributed) ⓘ
militaryBranch	Union Army ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank	General of the Army ⓘ Major General ⓘ
movement	Total war strategy in Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
notableBattle	Appomattox Court House, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Appomattox Court House Battle of Cedar Creek ⓘ Chattanooga Campaign ⓘ surface form: Battle of Chattanooga Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ Battle of Fisher’s Hill ⓘ Battle of Five Forks ⓘ Battle of Missionary Ridge ⓘ Battle of Cedar Creek ⓘ surface form: Battle of Opequon Battle of Perryville ⓘ Battle of Stones River ⓘ Battle of Trevilian Station ⓘ Battle of Winchester (Third Battle of Winchester) ⓘ Battle of Yellow Tavern (as cavalry commander) ⓘ
notableWork	Appomattox Campaign ⓘ Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan ⓘ Overland Campaign ⓘ surface form: Overland Campaign (participation) Red River Campaign (participation) ⓘ Valley Campaigns of 1864 ⓘ surface form: Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 Sheridan’s Ride ⓘ Valley Campaigns of 1864 ⓘ surface form: Sheridan’s Valley Campaign
participantIn	Battle of Appomattox Court House ⓘ surface form: Surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox
placeOfBirth	Albany ⓘ surface form: Albany, New York
placeOfBurial	Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Nonquitt, Massachusetts ⓘ
positionHeld	Commander of the Army of the Shenandoah ⓘ Commanding General of the United States Army ⓘ Military governor of the Fifth Military District ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Irene Rucker Sheridan ⓘ

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Valley Campaigns of 1864 → commander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Sheridan Circle → namedAfter → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

Sheridan-Kalorama → namedAfter → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

Union → notableCommander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Union Army → notableCommander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philip H. Sheridan

Commanding General of the United States Army → notableOfficeHolder → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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William Tecumseh Sherman → successor → Philip Sheridan ⓘ