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Philip Henry Sheridan <ref name="term_79703" />
<p> A distinguished American general, born, of Irish parentage, in Albany, New York; obtained a cadetship at West [[Point]] Military Academy, and entered the army as a second-lieutenant in 1853; served in Texas and during the Civil War; won rapid promotion by his great dash and skill as commander of a cavalry regiment; gained wide repute by his daring raids into the S.; cleared the Confederates out of the [[Shenandoah]] Valley in 1864, and by his famous ride (October 19,1864) from [[Winchester]] to [[Cedar]] [[Creek]] snatched victory out of defeat, routing the conjoined forces of Early and Lee; received the thanks of Congress, and was created major-general; took an active part under [[Grant]] in compelling the surrender of Lee, and in bringing the war to a close; subsequently during Grant's presidency was promoted to lieutenant-general; visited Europe in 1870 to witness the Franco-German War, and in 1883 succeeded Sherman as general-in-chief of the American army (1831-1888). </p>

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<ref name="term_79703"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/sheridan,+philip+henry Philip Henry Sheridan from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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