General Philip Sheridan - Washington, D.C.
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Union General Philip Sheridan lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac in the East and in 1864, he defeated Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley.
Waymark Code: WM41HT
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 06/23/2008
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This statue of General Philip Sheridan is located in the center of Sheridan circle in the Embassy section of Washington, D.C.
The following excerpt about General Sheridan is from wikipedia:
Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888) was a career U.S. 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 Lt. Gen. 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 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 prosecuted the latter years of the Indian Wars of the Great Plains, tainting his reputation with some historians, who accuse him of racism and genocide. Both as a soldier and private citizen, he was instrumental in the development and protection of Yellowstone National Park.