Sheridan
Sheridan names 5 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Sheridan PHILIP HENRY, an American military officer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
PHILIP HENRY, an American military officer; born in Albany, N. Y., March 6, 1831; was graduated at the Military Academy at West Point in 1853. Entering the United States artillery, he served in Texas and Oregon till 1855, when he sailed for San Francisco in command of an escort to the expedition for surveying the proposed. branch of the Pacific railway between San Francisco and the Columbia river. Afterward he commanded a body of troops among the Indian tribes till 1861, when he was promoted captain. On the breaking out of the Civil War he was appointed quartermaster of the army in Southwestern Missouri; in 1862 became chief quartermaster of the Western Department, and colonel of the 2d Michigan Volunteer Cavalry. He cut the railroads S. of Corinth; defeated two separate forces of cavalry at Baldwin and Guntown in June, 1862, and fought at Booneville; was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers; took command of the 11th of Ohio; distin- Division of the Army guished himself at Perryville and at river or Murfreesboro, Dec. 31 and Stone Jan. 3, 1863, for which he was promoted major-general of volunteers. He was engaged at Chickamauga, Sept. 19 and 20, around Chat- 1863, and in the operations tanooga; was appointed, in April, 1864, to the command of the cavalry corps of the Army of the Potomac; took part in PHILIP HENRY SHERIDAN the battles of the Wilderness, Meadow Bridge, and Cold Harbor, in May; in June, led a cavalry expedition into the heart of the Confederate country and was given the command of the Army of the Shenandoah; defeated General Early in in the Shenandoah several engagements valley. On Oct. 19 occurred his famous ride from Winchester. Under orders from Grant he devastated the valley. He was appointed to the chief command of the cavalry, which branch of the Federal forces, under his able and energetic direction, acquired an efficiency and gained a reputation such as it had never borne before. Sheridan was promoted brigadier-general, U. S. A., Sept. 20, 1864, and major-general, Nov. 8 of the same year. On Feb. 9, 1865, the thanks of Congress were tendered to him for "the gallantry, military skill, and courage displayed in the brilliant series of victories achieved by by his army in the valley of the Shenandoah, especially at Cedar Creek." After the capture of Staunton, he pressed on Publishers' Photo Service TRAVELING ON THE BACKS OF ELEPHANTS IN SIAM Enc. Vol. 8-p. 388 Publishers' Photo Service PLOWING WITH A PRIMITIVE PLOW, DRAWN BY A WATER BUFFALO, SIAM Underwood & Underwood E. M. Newman MOTH, COCOONS, AND EGGS OF SILKWORM E. M. Newman A JAPANESE WOMAN PLACING SILKWORMS ON MULBERRY LEAVES Keystone View Company COCOONS OF THE SILKWORMS IN THE NESTS PROVIDED FOR THEM Keystone View Company DELICATE MACHINERY FOR REELING THE SILK FROM COCOONS E. M. Newman E. M. Newman SPINNING THE SILK Keystone View Company HIGH SPEED, BROAD, GOODS, FRENCH LOOMS, USED IN AN AMERICAN SILK MILL Publishers' Photo Service TOWN AND HARBOR OF SITKA, ALASKA to Columbia, laying waste the country in battle of Five every direction; gained the Forks, April 1, 1865; assisted in comevacuate pelling the Confederate forces to Petersburg and Richmond, and near Appomattox Court House encountered General Lee, who surrendered April 9. General Sheridan was in command of the from Military Division of the Southwest of the Military June 3 to July 17, 1865; Division of the Gulf, July 17, 1865, to Aug. 15, 1866; of the Department of the Gulf, Aug. ug. 15, 1866, to March 11, 1867; the District of Louisiana and Texas of , the March 11 to Sept. 5, 1867; and of 12 Department of the Missouri, Sept. , 1867. On March 4, 1869, he was pro- 1 moted lieutenant-general, and Nov. , command of 1883, succeeded Sherman in the army. Congress revived the grade ointed. of general, to which he was appointed, June 1, 1888. He died in Nonquitt, Mass., Aug. 5, 1888.
Sheridan RICHARD BRINSLEY
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
RICHARD BRINSLEY ; born BUTLER, an English dramatist in Dublin, Ireland, Sept. 30, 1751; son of ); educated Thomas Sheridan (1719-1788 1772 he in Dublin and at Harrow. In eloped to France with Miss Linley, a young singer of great beauty and accom- The plishments. In 1775 he brought out " Rivals," which attained a brilliant success. On Nov. 21 he produced the comic a run opera "The Duenna," which had of 75 nights, an unprecedented success. In 1776 he became one of the proprietors of Drury Lane Theater, where in 1777 " his appeared "The School for Scandal, most famous comedy, and in 1779 "The Critic," a farce. In 1780 he became a member of Parliament. In 1782 he became under-secretary of state; in 1783, in 1806, treassecretary of the treasury; urer of the navy and privy-councillor. his His greatest effort as an orator was "Begum" spee speech on the impeachment of Warren Hastings (1787). His wife died Ogle in 1792. In 1795 he married Miss , . a daughter of the Dean of Winchester . His Parliamentary career ended in 1812 In addition to the plays mentioned, he 1777); wrote: "A Trip to Scarborough" ( "The Stranger," and "Pizarro" (1799). His speeches were published in five volumes (1816). He died in London, July in Westminster 7, 1816, and was buried Abbey.
Sheridan THOMAS, an English of Richard B
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
THOMAS, an English of Richard B. Sherin scholar; grandfather of Ric dan; born in 1687. He was a close friend and confidant of Swift's, and was noted for his learning and eccentricities. He wrote the "Art of Punning," and published an edition of Persius. He died in 1738. His son, THOMAS, father of the dramatist; born in 1719; was educated at Westminster School and Trinity Colactor and lege, Dublin. He became an teacher of elocution, and published a " and "Plan of Education," "Life of Swift, a "Dictionary of the English Language." He died in 1788. His wife, FRANCES CHAMBERLAINE (1724-1766), was the author of two novels, "Sidney Bidulph" and The Dis- "Nourjahad"; and two plays, " " covery" and "The Dupe.
Sheridan MOUNT, a mountain of Wyoming
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
MOUNT, a mountain of Wyoming, situated in the Yellowstone National Park; is a summit of the Red Range of the Rocky mountains. It is 10,420 feet high, with a range of vision over an immense expanse and several hundred distinct mountain summits, at distances varying from 30 to 200 miles. A large part of it is formed of porphyry of a purplish-pink color; and was named for Gen. Philip H. Sheridan.
Sheridan a city of Wyoming
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of Wyoming, the county-seat of 'Sheridan co. It is on the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroad. It is the center of an important stock raising and coal mining region. It has a State Hospital and a public library. Pop. (1910) 8,408; (1920) 9,175.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's 1921 account follows Philip Sheridan through the Civil War in close detail and then hurries past his post-war career, noting only his commands in Louisiana, Texas and the Missouri; the Plains Indian campaigns he directed from those posts, including the Washita attack of 1868 and the Red River War, go unmentioned. That silence is what has changed most: Sheridan is now discussed as much for those wars, and for his approval of the destruction of the buffalo herds as a means of subduing the tribes, as for his ride from Winchester, and the burning of the Shenandoah Valley is read as an early instance of deliberate war on civilian resources rather than simply as "gallantry, military skill, and courage." The entry also passes over his part in protecting Yellowstone, which the army policed from 1886 at his urging. The Richard Brinsley Sheridan notice needs no correction: "The Rivals" and "The School for Scandal" are still staged regularly, and remain the most durable English comedies between Congreve and Wilde.
Written for this edition, 2026.