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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Philip H. Sheridan	22
Philip Sheridan canonical	13
Philip Henry Sheridan	4
General Sheridan	1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

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William Tecumseh Sherman → successor → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

Union → notableCommander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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

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Sheridan-Kalorama → namedAfter → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

Union Army → notableCommander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Sheridan Circle → namedAfter → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

Valley Campaigns of 1864 → commander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House operations → belligerentCommander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Grand Army of the Republic → notableMember → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Battle of Dinwiddie Court House → commander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Battle of Five Forks → commander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Battle of Amelia Springs → commander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Battle of Sailor’s Creek → commander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Battle of Appomattox Station → commandedBy → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Sheridan, Oregon → namedAfter → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

Shenandoah Valley campaigns of the American Civil War → notableCommander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Army of the Cumberland → notableCommander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Philip → hasHonorificTitle → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Sheridan → hasNotableBearer → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

Military governor of the Fifth Military District → firstHolder → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Military governor of the Fifth Military District → officeHolder → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Sheridan’s Ride → mainSubject → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

Sheridan’s Ride → hasCharacter → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

Sheridan’s Ride → portraysAsHero → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan → author → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan → mainSubject → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan → workOfAuthor → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan → hasAutobiographicalSubject → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Battle of Cedar Creek → commander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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They Died with Their Boots On → portrays → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

Irene Rucker Sheridan → spouse → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

Battle of Winchester (Third Battle of Winchester) → commander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Battle of Winchester (Third Battle of Winchester) → UnionCommander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Battle of Fisher’s Hill → commander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Battle of Fisher’s Hill → UnionCommander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Battle of Trevilian Station → commander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Federal Army → notableCommander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

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Army of the Shenandoah → notableCommander → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

General Philip Sheridan Memorial → dedicatedTo → Philip Sheridan ⓘ

General Philip Sheridan Memorial → honors → Philip Sheridan ⓘ