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Philip Sheridan

1831 - 1888

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Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philip Sheridan is the 1,045th most popular military personnel (down from 934th in 2019), the 3,544th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,684th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Philip Sheridan ranks 1,045 out of 2,058. Before him are Ramón de Cardona, Prince Moriyoshi, Felice Pasquale Baciocchi, Robert Blake, Teruo Nakamura, and Achillas. After him are Pavel Rotmistrov, Dame Gruev, Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, Franz Moritz von Lacy, Oreste Baratieri, and Vasily Petrov.

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Among people born in 1831, Philip Sheridan ranks 49. Before him are Princess Helena of Nassau, Daniele Comboni, Wilhelm Raabe, Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, Henri Meilhac, and Heinrich Anton de Bary. After him are Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, Konstantin Leontiev, Fyodor Bredikhin, David Edward Hughes, Mary Mapes Dodge, and Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay. Among people deceased in 1888, Philip Sheridan ranks 46. Before him are Gustave Boulanger, Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, Eunice Newton Foote, Jean-Delphin Alard, Eugène Marin Labiche, and Heinrich Anton de Bary. After him are Henri Herz, Mikhail Loris-Melikov, Asa Gray, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, and Laurence Oliphant.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Philip Sheridan ranks 3,544 out of 20,380. Before him are Cynthia Nixon (1966), Forrest J Ackerman (1916), Waylon Jennings (1937), Michael Parks (1940), Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898), and Laurie Anderson (1947). After him are Charles Napier (1936), Andrew Garfield (1983), Edward Weston (1886), Thelma Ritter (1902), William Cranch Bond (1789), and Benny Golson (1929).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Philip Sheridan ranks 62. Before him are James Bowie (1796), Matthew Ridgway (1895), Frank Serpico (1936), Thomas J. Hudner Jr. (1924), P. G. T. Beauregard (1818), and Charlie Wilson (1933). After him are John O'Connor (1920), Thomas Nelson Jr. (1738), Wesley Clark (1944), Chelsea Manning (1987), Carl Brashear (1931), and Kit Carson (1809).

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