Philip Henry Sheridan 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 Courthouse.
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, CAVALEY DIVISION, July 1, 1862. General ASBOTH, Rienzi: GENERAL: The enemy have ten regiments, under General Chalmers. I am still holding them. I want supports, particularly artillery.…
July 1, 1862. General ASBOTH, Rienzi: GENERAL: The enemy have ten regiments, under General Chalmers. I am still holding them. I want supports, particularly artillery. Let me have them at…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, OAVALRY DIVISION, July 1, 1862. July 1, 1862—5 p. m. General ASBOTH: GENERAL: I will not want any infantry supports; I have whipped the enemy to-day. I…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, CAVALEY DIVISION, July 1, 1862. General ASBOTH, Rienzi: GENERAL: The enemy have ten regiments, under General Chalmers. I am still holding them. I want supports, particularly artillery.…
Booneville, July 2, 1862. General ASBOTH, Rienei: GENERAL: I do not wish any farther supports. The enemy have â skedaddled.â The artillery and infantry have all arrived, for which I…
Booneville, July 2, 1862. General ASBOTH, Rienei: GENERAL: I do not wish any farther supports. The enemy have â skedaddled.â The artillery and infantry have all arrived, for which I…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, CAVALRY DIVISION, Booneville, July 2, 1862. General ASBOTH, Rienei: GENERAL: I do not wish any farther supports. The enemy have ” skedaddled.” The artillery and infantry have…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, CAVALRY DIVISION, Booneville, July 2, 1862. General ASBOTH, Rienei: GENERAL: I do not wish any farther supports. The enemy have ” skedaddled.” The artillery and infantry have…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, CAVALRY DIVISION, Camp near Booneville, Miss., July 5, 1862. General GORDON GRANGER, GENERAL: I inclose herewith some information obtained by a scout sent out by Colonel Hatch…
Camp near Rienzi, Miss., July 22, 1862. Brig. Gen. GORDON GRANGER, Commanding Cavalry Division : GENERAL: posted the Seventh Kansas at Jacinto yesterday. I do not think there is any…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, CAVALRY DIVISION, Camp near Rienzi, Miss., July 22, 1862. Brig. Gen. GORDON GRANGER, Commanding Cavalry Division : GENERAL: posted the Seventh Kansas at Jacinto yesterday. I do…
Nashville, November 23, 1862. Major-General WRIGHT, Oincinnati : It will deprive me of the use of those regiments to let you use them. They will be wanted by the time…
Mill Creek, Tenn. Mill Creek, Tenn., November 24, 1862. Magor: I have the honor to report the following as the results of my observations and the intelligence I have been…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Winchester, Tenn., August 13, 1863. Colonel INNES, Nashville: The general commanding thinks you had better set the mills at work near Anderson, and get out…
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, White House, Va., March 21, 1865. Bvt. Maj. Gen. J. A. RAWLINS, Chief of Staff: GENERAL: I send to-day to City Point, under command of Colonel…
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, White House, Va., March 22, 1865. Lieut. Gen. U. S. GRANT, Commanding Armies of the United States: GENERAL: I will march from the White House on…
White House, Va. White House, Va., March 23, 1865. Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant, Commanding Armies of the United States : GENERAL: Your communication of the 21st instant, by hands…