Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 â€" August 5, 1888) was a career
United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil
War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his
close association with General-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant, who
transferred Sheridan from command of an infantry division in the
Western Theater to lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac
in the East. In 1864, he defeated Confederate forces under General
Jubal Early in the Shenandoah Valley and his destruction of the
economic infrastructure of the Valley, called "The Burning" by
residents, was one of the first uses of scorched-earth tactics in the
war. In 1865, his cavalry pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee and was
instrumental in forcing his surrender at Appomattox.Sheridan fought in
later years in the Indian Wars of the Great Plains. Both as a soldier
and private citizen, he was instrumental in the development and
protection of Yellowstone National Park. In 1883, Sheridan was
appointed general-in-chief of the U.S. Army, and in 1888 he was
promoted to the rank of General of the Army during the term of
President Grover Cleveland.Sheridan claimed he was born in Albany in
the State of New York,[a] the third child of six of John and Mary
Meenagh Sheridan, Irish Catholic immigrants from the parish of
Killinkere in County Cavan, Ireland. He grew up in Somerset, Ohio.
Fully grown, he reached only 165 cm (5 feet 5 inches) tall, a stature
that led to the nickname, "Little Phil." Abraham Lincoln described his
appearance in a famous anecdote: "A brown, chunky little chap, with a
long body, short legs, not enough neck to hang him, and such long arms
that if his ankles itch he can scratch them without stooping." Philip Sheridan Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter