Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Philip Henry Sheridan papers, 1853-1896 |
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| Span Dates | 1853-1896 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1862-1887) |
| ID No. | MSS39768 |
| Creator | Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888 |
| Extent | 18,000 items |
| Extent | 120 containers plus 1 oversize |
| Extent | 46.4 linear feet |
| Extent | 104 microfilm reels |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006029 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78039768 |
| Summary | Army officer. Correspondence, letterbooks, telegrams, writings, reports, orders, financial records, scrapbooks, and other papers relating primarily to the Civil War, Reconstruction, Mexican border disputes, Indian wars, and Sheridan's service as commanding general of the army. |
| Online Content | The papers of Philip Henry Sheridan are available on the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000038. |