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Zusammenfassung von Persönliche Erinnerungen von P. H. Sheridan, General der Armee der Vereinigten Staaten
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A grocery clerk from Ohio becomes the cavalry general who chases Lee's army to Appomattox.
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Persönliche Erinnerungen von P. H. Sheridan, General der Armee der Vereinigten Staaten in short
The memoir follows one man across thirty years. Sheridan starts as a store clerk in Ohio and a rough West Point cadet. He learns supply and scouting on the frontier, then rises from staff officer to colonel to division commander to head of Grant's cavalry.
What Persönliche Erinnerungen von P. H. Sheridan, General der Armee der Vereinigten Staaten is about
How does a grocery clerk from a village in Ohio end up chasing the army of Robert E. Lee to the crossroads of Appomattox? Philip Henry Sheridan answers in his own words. He was born in 1831, rose from the bottom of his class at West Point, and became one of the Union's most trusted cavalry commanders.
This memoir was finished in 1888, the year he died. He claims no literary skill and wants only to leave a record for his comrades, his children and future historians. You get a first-hand report from a man in the middle of events, with his opinions and quarrels left in. You meet Grant, Lincoln, Custer, Bismarck and a black horse named Rienzi.
Für wen es gedacht ist. You will love this memoir if you enjoy first-hand war stories, cavalry campaigns, Grant and Lincoln, frontier life, or the voice of a plain-spoken soldier.
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A grocery clerk earns his place at West Point
Sheridan is born in Albany, New York, on March 6, 1831, to Irish parents. The family settles in Somerset, Ohio. At fourteen his schooling ends, and he goes to work selling sugar, coffee and calico.
He rises to keep the books at the store of Fink and Dittoe and learns how careful accounts keep a business alive. The Mexican War makes him want to be a soldier, and he wins an appointment to West Point in 1848. His roommate Henry Slocum tutors him in algebra by lamplight.
In 1851 he lowers his bayonet at a cadet sergeant and is suspended for nearly a year. He later says he deserved it. He graduates in 1853, thirty-fourth of fifty-two. Takeaway: Sheridan begins with real disadvantages, and he admits his own early mistakes.
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Frontier duty in Texas teaches practical soldiering
Sheridan joins the First Infantry and reaches Fort Duncan on the Rio Grande after weeks of travel by steamboat, schooner and army wagon.
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Oregon and Washington campaigns test his judgment
In 1855 Sheridan crosses Panama to California and takes command of the escort for a railroad survey party heading toward the Columbia River.
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Staff work leads to a regiment of his own
When the Civil War starts, Sheridan is a captain on the Pacific coast.
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Perryville and Stone River make him a division commander
In the fall of 1862 Sheridan is a brigadier general.
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Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge show his drive
At Chickamauga in September 1863, Sheridan's division is driven back in confused fighting.
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Meade, Stuart and the cavalry become a striking force
In 1864 Grant brings Sheridan east to command the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac.
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The Shenandoah Valley campaign defeats Early
In August 1864 Grant gives Sheridan command in the Shenandoah Valley, where Jubal Early has threatened Washington.
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Five Forks and Appomattox end the war
In March 1865 Sheridan brings his cavalry to Petersburg.
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Mexico and Reconstruction turn the soldier into an administrator
After Appomattox, Sheridan commands the area west of the Mississippi.
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The winter Plains campaign and a visit to a European war
In 1868 Sheridan takes over the Department of the Missouri.
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Fragen zu Persönliche Erinnerungen von P. H. Sheridan, General der Armee der Vereinigten Staaten
What is Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan about?
It is Sheridan's own account of his life, from his Ohio boyhood and West Point through frontier service, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Plains campaigns and a visit to the Franco-Prussian War. The Civil War chapters take up most of it.
Who was Philip Sheridan in the Civil War?
He was a Union general who rose from regimental colonel to command Grant's cavalry. He led the Shenandoah Valley campaign in 1864, won at Five Forks in 1865, and helped block Lee's last retreat at Appomattox.
Who was Rienzi in the memoir?
Rienzi was Sheridan's jet black horse, a Morgan with three white feet, given to him in Mississippi in 1862. Sheridan rode him in many battles, including his ride from Winchester to Cedar Creek, which a poem made famous.
Is the book a true story and when was it written?
Yes, it is a memoir written by Sheridan himself and finished in 1888, the year he died. It reproduces many orders and telegrams, so readers can compare his account with documents of the time.
What is the main message of Sheridan's memoir?
Sheridan argues that wars are won by speed, supply and the care of soldiers, and that victory must be followed up and enforced. His chapters on the Valley, Five Forks and Reconstruction all make that case.
Cite this edition
Sheridan, Philip Henry. Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/personal-memoirs-of-p-h-sheridan-general-united-states-army.
Sheridan, P. H. (2026). Personal memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, general, United States Army. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/personal-memoirs-of-p-h-sheridan-general-united-states-army (Original work published 1888)
Sheridan, Philip Henry. Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/personal-memoirs-of-p-h-sheridan-general-united-states-army.
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