Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1831, Mar. 6 | Born, Albany, N.Y. |
| 1853 | Graduated, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
| 1854-1855 | Frontier duty at Fort Duncan, La Pena, and Turkey Creek, Tex. |
| 1855-1861 | Frontier duty in the Oregon and Washington territories |
| 1861-1862 | Chief quartermaster and chief commissary of the Army of the Southwest |
| 1862 | Promoted to colonel, U.S. Volunteers Commanded Second Michigan Cavalry, Volunteers Commanded Second Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Mississippi Promoted to brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers Commanded Eleventh Division, Third Corps, Army of the Ohio Commanded Third Division, Right Wing, Fourteenth Army Corps Promoted to major general, U.S. Volunteers |
| 1863 | Commanded Third Division, Twentieth Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland |
| 1863-1864 | Commanded Second Division, Fourth Army Corps |
| 1864 | Commanded Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac Promoted to brigadier general, U.S. Army |
| 1865 | Commanded Army of the Shenandoah Commanded Middle Military Division Promoted to major general, U.S. Army Commanded all U.S. forces west of the Mississippi River |
| 1865-1866 | Commanded Military Division of the Gulf |
| 1866-1867 | Commanded Department of the Gulf |
| 1867 | Commanded Fifth Military District |
| 1867-1869 | Commanded Department of the Missouri |
| 1869-1878 | Commanded Military Division of the Missouri |
| 1869 | Promoted to lieutenant general, U.S. Army |
| 1870 | Inspected military posts in northern Utah and Montana |
| 1870-1871 | United States official observer of the Franco-Prussian War |
| 1875 | Married Irene Rucker |
| 1877 | Led Yellowstone expedition |
| 1878-1883 | Commanded Western and Southwestern Military Division |
| 1883 | Escorted Chester A. Arthur, Robert Todd Lincoln, and others on an expedition through Yellowstone Park |
| 1883-1888 | Commanding general, U.S. Army, succeeding William T. Sherman |
| 1888 | Published Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan. New York: C. L. Webster. 2 vols. Promoted to general, U.S. Army |
| 1888, Aug. 5 | Died, Nonquit, Mass. |