What is Philip Sheridan?
{{no sources|date=May 2014}} '''Philip Sheridan''' (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888) was a general in the Union army during the [[American Civil War]]. He was born in 1831 in [[New York]] and grew up in [[Ohio]]. He graduated from the [[United States Military Academy]] in 1853. He started in the Western Theater in the Civil War. He commanded a [[brigade]] during the summer of 1862. By October 1862 he was in command of a [[division]]. In April 1864 he was transferred to the [[Army of the Potomac]] to command the cavalry corps. After the war, Sheridan commanded the army during the [[American Indian Wars]]. He died in 1888 in Massachusetts. {{US-bio-stub}} {{American Civil War}} [[Category:1831 births|Sheridan, Philip]] [[Category:1888 deaths|Sheridan, Philip]] [[Category:American Civil War generals|Sheridan, Philip]] [[Category:Military people from Ohio]]