General Philip Henry Sheridan - New York, NY
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A bust of General Philip Henry Sheridan is located in the circular wall of the atrium surrounding the sarcophagi of General Grant and his wife in Grant Memorial at 122nd Street and Riverside Drive, New York, NY
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Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 04/21/2016
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A life size bronze bust of General Philip Henry Sheridan was installed at the Grant Memorial in 1938. The bust was commissioned by the Federal Art project of the WPA. They selected William Mues and Jeno Juszko to design and create the bust.
General Sheridan is depicted from the chest and is wearing a large handlebar moustache. He is wearing his dress Civil War military uniform with a double breasted jacket and a high collar. The base of the bust is inscribed SHERIDAN.
Philip Henry Sheridan was born in Albany, NY on March 6, 1831. He was the son of Irish immigrants, Joseph and Mary Meenagh Sheridan of Killinkere, Ireland. He attended the United States Military Academy and graduated in 1853.
Sheridan's first served in Texas then California as a 2nd lieutenant. By the start of the civil was he reached the rank of captain. After several victories in Western Theater he was promoted to major general, on April 10, 1863. General Grant transferred Sheridan back east to lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac just as Grant's Overland Campaign against the General Lee was about to begin.
His major victories came against the Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley, the bread basket of the Confederacy. His cavalry relentlessly pursued Robert E. Lee and was instrumental in bringing an end to the Civil War.
After the Civil War he returned to the west and was in charge of several major battles while pacifying the plains Indians, including Red River War, the Ute War, and the Great Sioux War of 1876-77.
Just before his death he was promoted to the rank of General of the Army of the United States. He died of heart failure in Nonquitt, MA on August 5, 1888 at age 57. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, VA.