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Phillip H. Sheridan and his staff
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Union cavalry commander General Philip H. Sheridan is
seen in this photograph (second from left) with members
of his staff. From left to right are generals Wesley Merritt,
Sheridan, George Crook, George A. Forsyth, and George
A. Custer. These men provided the corp’s leadership for
Grant’s cavalry during the last year of the war in
Virginia. Sheridan and his staff were highly successful
in thwarting enemy movements in the Shenandoah Valley
in the fall of 1864. |
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Alexander Gardener (1821–1882)
Albumen silver print, 1865
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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