- Dates: March 6, 1831-August 5, 1888
- State: New York/Ohio
- Highest Rank Attained: Major General
- Principal Commands: Cavalry Corps (Army of Potomac), Army of the Shenandoah
- Principal Battles: Pea Ridge (1862), Corinth (1862), Perryville (1862), Stones River (1862/3), Chickamauga (1863), Chattanooga (1863), Wilderness (1864), Spotsylvania Court House (1864), Yellow Tavern (1864), Cold Harbor (1864), Petersburg (1864/5), Winchester (1864), Fishers Hill (1864), Cedar Creek (1864), Five Forks (1865), Sayler's Creek (1865)
Major General Philip H. Sheridan
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Major General Philip H. Sheridan, USA
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