Philip Sheridan

Philip Henry Sheridan was born

Mar 6, 1831

Philip Henry Sheridan was born on March 6, 1831 in Albany

Graduated United States Military Academy

May 28, 1853

Soon after an United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.

he became involved with the Yakima War and Rogue River Wars

Mar 28, 1857

Gained experience in leading small combat teams, being wounded

He was promoted to first lieutenant

Mar 11, 1861

Just before the Civil War, and to captain in May, immediately after Fort Sumter.

Sheridan was chosen to be chief commissary officer

Dec 15, 1861

Sheridan was chosen to be chief commissary officer of the Army of Southwest Missouri, but convinced the department commander, Halleck, to give him the position of quartermaster general as well.

Battle of Pea Ridge

Jan 24, 1862

In January 1862, he reported for duty to Maj. Gen. Samuel Curtis and served under him at the Battle of Pea Ridge

2nd Michigan Cavalry

May 27, 1862

Sheridan was appointed colonel of the 2nd Michigan Cavalry on May 27, 1862, without having no experience in the mounted arm

Marriage

Jun 3, 1875

Sheridan married Irene Rucker, a daughter of Army Quartermaster General Daniel H. Rucker. She was 22, and he was 44. They had four children: Mary, born in 1876; twin daughters, Irene and Louise, in 1877; and Philip, Jr., in 1880. After the wedding, Sheridan and his wife moved to Washington, D.C. They lived in a house given to them by Chicago citizens in appreciation for Sheridan's protection of the city after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.[

Sheridan Died

Aug 5, 1888

Sheridan Died August 5, 1888 in Bristol County and was buried in the Arlington National Cemetery