PHILIP H SHERIDAN SIGNED CIVIL WAR UNION GENERAL ! GAR CARD AUTOGRAPH 1884 L@@K!

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AMAZING AUTOGRAPH IN PEN "P.H. SHERIDAN, LIEUT GENERAL, COMMANDING TH. ARMY." ON EMBOSSED GAR FRATERNAL CARD "1861-1865, 1883-1884," SAYS "FRATERNALLY YOURS IN F.C. AND L" WITH GAR PATRIOTIC FLAG & EAGLE / STAR LOGO, CHECK MY FEEDBACK & !! RETURNS ACCEPTED IF NOT HAPPY FOR ANY REASON, SCARCE !!SEE PHOTOS, NO RESERVE, SHIPPING AND HANDLING IS $4.00 IN USA (INCLUDES INSURANCE) OR $15.00 FOREIGN (INCLUDES REGISTERED MAIL). I COMBINE SHIPPING COSTS ON MULTIPLE ITEM TO SAVE YOU MONEY. CHECK MY VERY HIGH FEEDBACK !! -------------- � Philip Henry Sheridan� (March 6, 1831[2]� – 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 in theShenandoah Valley� and his destruction of the economic infrastructure of the Valley, called "The Burning" by residents, was one of the first uses of� scorched earthtactics 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 Armyduring the term of President� Grover Cleveland. --� Philip H. Sheridan,� in full� Philip Henry Sheridan� � � (born� March 6, 1831,� Albany, N.Y., U.S.?—died� Aug. 5, 1888,� Nonquitt, Mass.),� highly successful U.S. cavalry officer whose driving military leadership in the last year of the� American Civil War� was instrumental in defeating the Confederate Army. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. (1853),� Sheridan� served mostly at frontier posts until the spring of 1862, when he was appointed colonel of the 2nd Michigan Cavalry. In July he skillfully split his outnumbered� command� to rout a large Confederate force at Booneville, Miss. Made a brigadier general, he led the 11th Division, Army of the Ohio, at Perryville, Ky., in October, as it held its position against repeated attacks. At the Battle of Stones River, or Murfreesboro, Tenn. (December 1862–January 1863), he was made a major general of volunteers for his unyielding defense of the Federal right centre. Sheridan was unable to prevent defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga, Ga. (September 1863), but his assault on� Missionary Ridge� below Chattanooga, Tenn., in November, brought his fighting in the West to a brilliant close. This victory so impressed General Ulysses S. Grant that Sheridan was called east in the spring of 1864 to head the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac. Following action in theBattle of the Wilderness� (May 1864), he led a raid toward Richmond, Va., that destroyed considerable Confederate supplies and rolling stock and resulted in the death of the South’s great cavalry leader, Gen. J.E.B. (“Jeb”) Stuart. On August 4 Sheridan was given command of the Army of the� Shenandoah� and charged with forcing the Confederates from that valley and its rich farms, which had sustained the defense of the Southern capital for more than three years. In the Third Battle of� Winchester, Va. (September), he drove General Jubal A. Early out of Winchester and gained two more victories during the next few weeks. Sheridan systematically destroyed the capacity of the� Shenandoah Valley� to support military operations by the South. For this feat he was made a major general and received the thanks of Congress. Having completed his mission in the valley, Sheridan rejoined his cavalry before Petersburg in March 1865. With the 5th Corps Infantry added to his command, he circled south and west of the city to cut the Confedera... read more

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