The Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan
The Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan

Author: Philip Henry Sheridan

Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.

Published: 2007-12-01

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 1602069743

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His name graces forts, military vehicles, ships, and mountains. As a Union general during the Civil War, he was among the first soldiers to use "scorched earth" tactics, and was instrumental in forcing the surrender of Confederate leadership. As a civilian, he helped created and protect Yellowstone National Park. Career U.S. army officer PHILIP HENRY SHERIDAN (1831-1888) is an American icon, and this is the story of his life, in his own words.First published in 1888, this engrossing, highly readable biography covers Sheridan's early life-his education, his appointment to West Point, and first military postings in Texas in the 1850s-as well his later years, including his tour of Europe. But the bulk of the book is made up with his detailed recollections of the many campaigns during the Civil War, which will thrill military buffs with their you-are-there immediacy and insight.Readers of military nonfiction and students of American history will find this an enlightening work of autobiography.

Terrible Swift Sword
Terrible Swift Sword

Author: Joseph Wheelan

Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated

Published: 2012-08-07

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 0306820277

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A compelling new biography of General Sheridan, whose leadership and aggressive tactics helped win the Civil War, crush the Plains Indians, and save Yellowstone National Park

Personal Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan
Personal Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan

Author: Philip Henry Sheridan

Publisher: Publio Kiadó Kft.

Published:

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 963381927X

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My parents, John and Mary Sheridan, came to America in 1830, having been induced by the representations of my father's uncle, Thomas Gainor, then living in Albany, N. Y., to try their fortunes in the New World: They were born and reared in the County Cavan, Ireland, where from early manhood my father had tilled a leasehold on the estate of Cherrymoult; and the sale of this leasehold provided him with means to seek a new home across the sea. My parents were blood relations—cousins in the second degree—my mother, whose maiden name was Minor, having descended from a collateral branch of my father's family. Before leaving Ireland they had two children, and on the 6th of March, 1831, the year after their arrival in this country, I was born, in Albany, N. Y., the third child in a family which eventually increased to six—four boys and two girls.