Philip H. Sheridan photograph   Save
Campus Martius Museum Antique Photography Collection
Description: Carte de visite of General Philip H. Sheridan, who served as a cavalry general for the Union during the Civil War. Sheridan (1831-1888) was born to Irish immigrants John and Mary Sheridan, who settled in Somerset, Ohio. As a young man, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. When the Civil War broke out, Sheridan was a captain in the army; by the end of the war, he had been promoted to major general. Just before his death he became the fourth man to receive the rank of full general, following George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman. Over the course of his career he held numerous important positions, including Commander of the Army of the Shenandoah, military governor of Texas and Louisiana, and commander in chief of the U.S. Army. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f27_01
Subjects: Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; Military officers;
Places: Albany (New York); Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)