Download or read book Eulogy on the Late General Philip H Sheridan written by Russell Alexander Alger and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Eulogy on the Late General Philip H Sheridan Delivered at the Reunion of the Army of the Cumberland Chicago September 19 1888 Classic Reprint written by Russell Alexander Alger and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Eulogy on the Late General Philip H. Sheridan: Delivered at the Reunion of the Army of the Cumberland, Chicago, September 19, 1888 Unlike the wars of Europe, which would have ended at farthest with Gettysburg and Vicksburg, these reverses to the South seemed only to increase its fury, which was met as promptly and with equal courage and determination by the loyal North. Eighteen hundred and sixty-one had passed with its varied successes and failures for the Union army. In Virginia we had met with disasters, while in the West, though not always successful, we had won Don elson and Shiloh. Still rebellion was running at an increasing tide, and the spring of 1862 found both armies facing each other, and both being rapidly strengthened by enlistments, while our navy was being augmented as rapidly as possible. The call for men for the ranks was being nobly responded to by the loyal North, but the great cry was for men to command them. General Grant had shown great capabilities, but even he, unjustly we all believe, was under a tempo rary shadow, while Sherman was but a Division Com mander. There was never a time when fighting and skilled officers were more needed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Eulogy on the Late General Philip H Sheridan written by R. A. Alger (General.) and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Memoirs of General Philip H Sheridan Volume I Part 4 written by Philip Henry Sheridan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Volume II., Part 4 by Philip Henry Sheridan Excerpt ORGANIZING SCOUTS-MISS REBECCA WRIGHT-IMPORTANT INFORMATION-DECIDE TO MOVE ON NEWTOWN-MEETING GENERAL GRANT-ORGANIZATION OF THE UNION ARMY-OPENING OF THE BATTLE OF THE OPEQUON-DEATH OF GENERAL RUSSELL-A TURNING MOVEMENT We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Download or read book The Memoirs of General Philip H Sheridan Volume II Part 4 written by Philip Henry Sheridan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Volume II., Part 4 by Philip Henry Sheridan ORGANIZING SCOUTS-MISS REBECCA WRIGHT-IMPORTANT INFORMATION-DECIDE TO MOVE ON NEWTOWN-MEETING GENERAL GRANT-ORGANIZATION OF THE UNION ARMY-OPENING OF THE BATTLE OF THE OPEQUON-DEATH OF GENERAL RUSSELL-A TURNING MOVEMENT-A SUCCESSFUL CAVALRY CHARGE-VICTORY-THREE LOYAL GIRLS-APPOINTED A BRIGADIER-GENERAL IN THE REGULAR ARMY-REMARKS ON THE BATTLE. While occupying the ground between Clifton and Berryville, referred to in the last chapter of the preceding volume, I felt the need of an efficient body of scouts to collect information regarding the enemy, for the defective intelligence-establishment with which I started out from Harper's Ferry early in August had not proved satisfactory. I therefore began to organize my scouts on a system which I hoped would give better results than bad the method hitherto pursued in the department, which was to employ on this service doubtful citizens and Confederate deserters. If these should turn out untrustworthy, the mischief they might do us gave me grave apprehension, and I finally concluded that those of our own soldiers who should volunteer for the delicate and hazardous duty would be the most valuable material, and decided that they should have a battalion organization and be commanded by an officer, Major H. K. Young, of the First Rhode Island Infantry. These men were disguised in Confederate uniforms whenever necessary, were paid from the Secret-Service Fund in proportion to the value of the intelligence they furnished, which often stood us in good stead in checking the forays of Gilmore, Mosby, and other irregulars. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Download or read book General Sheridan Message from the President of the United States Announcing the Death of General Philip H Sheridan August 6 1888 Ordered to be Printed written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personal Memoirs of Philip Henry Sheridan General United States Army written by Philip Henry Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personal Memoirs of Philip Henry Sheridan General United States Army written by Philip Henry Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Memoirs of General Philip H Sheridan Volume I Part 6 written by Philip Henry Sheridan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Volume II., Part 6 by Philip Henry Sheridan Excerpt AT FORT LEAVENWORTH-THE TREATY OF MEDICINE LODGE-GOING TO FORT DODGE-DISCONTENTED INDIANS-INDIAN OUTRAGES-A DELEGATION OF CHIEFS-TERRIBLE INDIAN RAID-DEATH OF COMSTOCK-VAST HERDS OF BUFFALO-PREPARING FOR A WINTER CAMPAIGN-MEETING "BUFFALO BILL" We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Download or read book The Memoirs of General Philip H Sheridan Volume II Part 6 written by Philip Henry Sheridan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Volume II., Part 6 by Philip Henry Sheridan AT FORT LEAVENWORTH-THE TREATY OF MEDICINE LODGE-GOING TO FORT DODGE-DISCONTENTED INDIANS-INDIAN OUTRAGES-A DELEGATION OF CHIEFS-TERRIBLE INDIAN RAID-DEATH OF COMSTOCK-VAST HERDS OF BUFFALO-PREPARING FOR A WINTER CAMPAIGN-MEETING "BUFFALO BILL"-HE UNDERTAKES A DANGEROUS TASK-FORSYTH'S GALLANT FIGHT-RESCUED. The headquarters of the military department to which I was assigned when relieved from duty at New Orleans was at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and on the 5th of September I started for that post. In due time I reached St. Louis, and stopped there a day to accept an ovation tendered in approval of the course I had pursued in the Fifth Military District-a public demonstration apparently of the most sincere and hearty character. From St. Louis to Leavenworth took but one night, and the next day I technically complied with my orders far enough to permit General Hancock to leave the department, so that he might go immediately to New Orleans if he so desired, but on account of the yellow fever epidemic then prevailing, he did not reach the city till late in November. My new command was one of the four military departments that composed the geographical division then commanded by Lieutenant-General Sherman. This division had been formed in 1866, with a view to controlling the Indians west of the Missouri River, they having become very restless and troublesome because of the building of the Pacific railroads through their hunting-grounds, and the encroachments of pioneers, who began settling in middle and western Kansas and eastern Colorado immediately after the war. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Download or read book Sheridan written by Roy Morris and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1993-07-27 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether recreating the bloody chaos of Stones River and Chickamauga, the Byzantine politics of Reconstruction Louisiana, or the massacre of Little Bighorn, this outstanding biography restores Sheridan to his place in American military history and makes the momentous age he lived in come alive. Photos. Maps.
Download or read book Personal Memoirs of P H Sheridan General United States Army written by Philip Henry Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Union general, government official, and proponent of Yellowstone National Park--these were all part of the checkered career of Philip H. Sheridan. He earned the enmity of many Virginians for laying waste to the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War and played a major role in defeating Robert E. Lee at Appomattox.
Download or read book The Memoirs of General P H Sheridan Complete written by Philip Sheridan and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-06-27 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History is more interesting when told by those who experienced it. Philip Henry Sheridan was a Union general who served in both the Western and Eastern theaters during the American Civil War. He was instrumental in defeating Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley and helping force the surrender of General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox. In later years he fought in Indian wars and served as Commanding General, U.S. Army. Sheridan's memoirs were originally published in 1888, the year that he passed away. Originally printed in two volumes, Alacrity Press is proud to republish the Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan, Complete as a single volume.
Download or read book Little Phil and His Troopers written by Frank A. Burr and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of Sheridan, Ulysses S. Grant said, "As a soldier, as a commander of troops, as a man capable of doing all that is possible with any number of men, there is no man living greater than Sheridan. He belongs to the very first rank of soldiers, not only of our country, but of the world. I rank Sheridan with Napoleon and Frederick and the great commanders in history." He was bold in battle but insisted he was never reckless. He was loved by his men and was lauded by the public for the rest of his life after the American Civil War. His reputation as a soldier was worldwide and when he toured Europe later in life, he was hailed as a hero. He intended to write his memoirs and was working on them when he died in 1888. Two men who knew him (one of whom served with him) took up the task and delivered this volume to an admiring audience.
Download or read book The Memoirs of General Philip H Sheridan Volume I Part 2 written by Philip Henry Sheridan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Volume I., Part 2 by Philip Henry Sheridan The expedition referred to by General Halleck in his parting conversation was composed of the Second Michigan and Second Iowa regiments of cavalry, formed into a brigade under command of Colonel Washington L. Elliott, of the Second Iowa. It was to start on the night of the 27th of May at 12 o'clock, and proceed by a circuitous route through Iuka, Miss., to Booneville, a station on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, about twenty-two miles below Corinth, and accomplish all it could in the way of destroying the enemy's supplies and cutting his railroad communications. The weather in that climate was already warm, guides unobtainable, and both men and horses suffered much discomfort from the heat, and fatigue from the many delays growing out of the fact that we were in almost total ignorance of the roads leading to the point that we desired to reach. In order that we might go light we carried only sugar, coffee, and salt, depending on the country for meat and bread. Both these articles were scarce, but I think we got all there was, for our advent was so unexpected by the people of the region through which we passed that, supposing us to be Confederate cavalry, they often gave us all they had, the women and servants contributing most freely from their, reserve stores. Before reaching Booneville I had the advance, but just as we arrived on the outskirts of the town the brigade was formed with the Second Iowa on my right, and the whole force moved forward, right in front, preceded by skirmishers. Here we encountered the enemy, but forced him back with little resistance. When we had gained possession of the station, Colonel Elliott directed me to take the left wing of my regiment, pass to the south, and destroy a bridge or culvert supposed to be at a little distance below the town on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. The right wing, or other half of the regiment, was to be held in reserve for my support if necessary. I moved rapidly in the designated direction till I reached the railroad, and then rode down it for a mile and a half, but found neither bridge nor culvert. I then learned that there was no bridge of any importance except the one at Baldwin, nine miles farther down, but as I was aware, from information recently received, that it was defended by three regiments and a battery, I concluded that I could best accomplish the purpose for which I had been detached-crippling the road-by tearing up the track, bending the rails, and burning the cross-ties. This was begun with alacrity at four different points, officers and men vieing with one another in the laborious work of destruction. We had but few tools, and as the difficulties to overcome were serious, our progress was slow, until some genius conceived the idea that the track, rails and ties, might be lifted from its bed bodily, turned over, and subjected to a high heat; a convenient supply of dry fence-rails would furnish ample fuel to render the rails useless. In this way a good deal of... We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Download or read book Personal Memoirs of Philip Henry Sheridan General United States Army Complete written by Philip Henry Sheridan and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 - August 5, 1888) was a United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.
Download or read book The Memoirs of General Philip H Sheridan Volume I Part 1 written by Philip Henry Sheridan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Volume I., Part 1by Philip Henry SheridanANCESTRY-BIRTH-EARLY EDUCATION-A CLERK IN A GROCERY STORE-APPOINTMENT-MONROE SHOES-JOURNEY TO WEST POINT-HAZING-A FISTICUFF BATTLE-SUSPENDED-RETURNS TO CLERKSHIP-GRADUATION.My parents, John and Mary Sheridan, came to America in 1830, having been induced by the representations of my father's uncle, Thomas Gainor, then living in Albany, N. Y., to try their fortunes in the New World: They were born and reared in the County Cavan, Ireland, where from early manhood my father had tilled a leasehold on the estate of Cherrymoult; and the sale of this leasehold provided him with means to seek a new home across the sea. My parents were blood relations-cousins in the second degree-my mother, whose maiden name was Minor, having descended from a collateral branch of my father's family. Before leaving Ireland they had two children, and on the 6th of March, 1831, the year after their arrival in this country, I was born, in Albany, N. Y., the third child in a family which eventually increased to six-four boys and two girls.The prospects for gaining a livelihood in Albany did not meet the expectations which my parents had been led to entertain, so in 1832 they removed to the West, to establish themselves in the village of Somerset, in Perry County, Ohio, which section, in the earliest days of the State; had been colonized from Pennsylvania and Maryland. At this period the great public works of the Northwest-the canals and macadamized roads, a result of clamor for internal improvements-were in course of construction, and my father turned his attention to them, believing that they offered opportunities for a successful occupation. Encouraged by a civil engineer named Bassett, who had taken a fancy to him, he put in bids for a small contract on the Cumberland Road, known as the "National Road," which was then being extended west from the Ohio River. A little success in this first enterprise led him to take up contracting as a business, which he followed on various canals and macadamized roads then building in different parts of the State of Ohio, with some good fortune for awhile, but in 1853 what little means he had saved were swallowed up -in bankruptcy, caused by the failure of the Sciota and Hocking Valley Railroad Company, for which he was fulfilling a contract at the time, and this disaster left him finally only a small farm, just outside the village of Somerset, where he dwelt until his death in 1875.We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
