Hardly forgotten by those of us interested in the Civil War.

@thepastinthepresent4

Жыл бұрын

Those that study the civil war know his importance, but getting outsiders to understand it was more then Grant and Lincoln that helped win the war was my main purpose. Thank you for the view and comment!

@marshabonforte6963

Жыл бұрын

@@thepastinthepresent4 I hope my comment didn’t come off as dismissive. I should’ve said Thank You for an excellent video about one of the many fascinating personalities who took part.

@holyteejful

Жыл бұрын

My grandmas great grandpa ! Crazy, didn’t know all of these details . Only heard him mentioned by moms brothers, who were obsessed with researching family lineage since they were young in the 1970s! One of those uncles gave me a Civil War encyclopedia when I was a kid, that had page on him , and had most of the major battles laid out, but that’s all I knew was the civil war stuff. The Indian wars make total sense to me know , my grandma was OBSESSED with Native American culture and peoples she was the one who would buy me dreamcatchers for occasion birthday or Christmas present, that was likely her attempt at reconciliation for peace of mind in her mind ? Thank you for sharing !

@johnschuh8616

Жыл бұрын

Had paid so little attention to Sheridan’s early career that I had not even noticed he started out as a bookkeeper. Since logistics is so important to fighting, I need to see how much that contributed to his success as a commander. BTW, he was played in a John Ford movie by another “black Irishman” J. Carrol Naish . a well-know character actor,who more often played other “ethnic” role as an Italian or such.

@jeffgreen7499

Жыл бұрын

@@johnschuh8616 Naish was an outstanding actor. I always enjoyed seeing him on the screen. As you stated, he was able to asume identities of many ethnicities, and he had the skill to authentically portray play villains or heroes.

I read once that he was often called 'Lil Phil'.' Lincoln after meeting him, called him 'Lil Phil,' and Sheridan's quick reply was "Mr. President, I'm as big to me as you are to you!" Lincoln took an immediate enduring liking to him. It didn't hurt having the president liking you.

@thepastinthepresent4

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the view and comment. That’s pretty interesting, I wasn’t aware of that. Thanks for the info

General Ulysses Grant called general Sheridan his favorite general in the civil war

@TheGuitarReb

Жыл бұрын

"The only good Indian is a dead Indian" Quote: Union Gen. George Sheridan

@TheGuitarReb

Жыл бұрын

Sorry 1st. name Phillip. I must have been thinking of Custer. The other A hole

Phil Sheridan was the finest corp commander in the civil war. He was Grant's hammer - You understate his incredible success in every engagement.

@thepastinthepresent4

7 ай бұрын

That’s the whole point of the video, to give him his do. Thanks for the view and comment

@31terikennedy

7 ай бұрын

Yep and Custer was Sheridan's hammer.

@thomascoburn

6 ай бұрын

Only could fight women and children

Superb presentation. He was a fierce hard combat seasoned fighting general. Made of something not likely present in todays military.

@thepastinthepresent4

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words and watching my video. And I agree with you!

@Atlas2040

6 ай бұрын

Some do.

@thomascoburn

Ай бұрын

His tactics would have been justified if he was defending the North from invasion. Didn't happen that way, did it?

I’ve adored Sheridan, Grant, and especially Sherman from the time I saw photos of them on or standing next to their horses…..yes, I was quite young! I’ve never lost my deep admiration for them, and that Sheridan was a character in one of my favorite John Ford films, “Rio Grande.”

@thomascoburn

Ай бұрын

Why?

A highly capable US General and cavalry leader, who is not forgotten.

After the Generals death his wife was asked if she would ever consider remarrying to which she replied - "I'd rather be Phil Sheridan's widow than anyone else's wife".

@thepastinthepresent4

10 ай бұрын

Ive heard that quote before and I love it!

@TheGuitarReb

6 ай бұрын

So you and his widow loved a "war criminal?"@@thepastinthepresent4

@bethbartlett5692

Ай бұрын

Endearing quote ...

One of his portraits used to hang in my grandmother's house then my childhood house for years. He was a great great uncle of mine. I wonder whatever happened to that portrait. Beautiful piece of history.

@robertlewis1965

7 ай бұрын

I have volume 2 of Sheridans memoirs hardcover 1888 in reasonable condition , still looking for volume 1 ..

@scruggy3337

6 ай бұрын

Hello, Cousin!

Thanks for this video. As an "Original Transcon RR" enthusiast, I became aware of "Lil Phil" Sheridan while researching A.J.Russell's life and UP RR photography efforts. July 1868 saw Sheridan, Grant, Sherman at Fort Sanders, WY., as Grenville Dodge, (UP Chief Engineer), had threatened to quit, if Dr. Durant and his "buddy" Silas Seymour would not stop tampering with Dodge's surveys' for ROW, since Durant was engineering "Oxbows" to claim more Government dollars, rather than being as economical as possible. After Grant cleaned Durant's clock in the Officers Club, they gathered for a photo out front, thus Russell's wonderful 2 photos of them in their Sunday best, LOL, and 104 degrees!. These photos can be seen on OMCA website, along with many other Russell digitized photos. Thanks, again from Darrell. comments welcome.

Sheridan is not forgotten!

He has not been forgotten

@TheGuitarReb

Жыл бұрын

True he has not been forgotten. Ask a Sioux Indian.

Hey, this was a cool short bio for a very interesting figure, well done have a sub! Sheridan is a really interesting figure. We have MANY streets in Oklahoma named for him.

@thepastinthepresent4

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment and the sub!

1:15 In 2000 I was driving through Somerset, Ohio on my way home to NE Ohio, and I saw this statue of General Sheridan placed in the center of the town circle. I parked my car and walked across the highway to get a closer look. A driver passing by, stopped and laughingly said, "Look out! He'll jump down on you!" This has been my only trip ever near enough to pass through this place. His home that he built before the war is still there.

@TheGuitarReb

Жыл бұрын

Maybe I can come up there and burn it down like he burnt down GGrandaddy's barn and farm. What do you think? Maybe call Josey Wales.

@johnschuh8616

9 ай бұрын

A fighting Irishman indeed. He was dark-completed and short. In a John Wayne movie he was played by J. Carrol Nash, an Irish-American actor who usually played Italian or other ethnic roles, For once playing one of the great Irish fighters in world history.

@jeffgreen7499

9 ай бұрын

@@johnschuh8616 J. Carrol Naish - One of my most favorite actors! I saw him in that John Wayne movie - "Rio Grande". Naish was an Irishman that played roles of many ethnicities, including 2 movies when he was cast as Sitting Bull!

@jeffgreen7499

9 ай бұрын

@@johnschuh8616 BTW - When I was working --- One of our cafeterias was managed by Sean Gray, a decendent of General Sheridan on the maternal side. Sean says at family reunions the Sheridans and Grays did not get along particulary well!

Sheridan relieved General Gouverneur Warren for, in Sheridan's opinion, ineptly leading his Corps during the pursuit of Lee's army from Petersburg. It was the only time during the war a Union Corps commander was relieved for cause during a battle. It was the final days of the war and Warren appealed to Grant, but Sheridan's order was upheld.

@thepastinthepresent4

Жыл бұрын

Interesting bit of history! Thank you for sharing that and for watching my video

@TheGuitarReb

Жыл бұрын

Sheridan was known to say "The only good Indian is a dead Indian"

@edwil111

9 ай бұрын

and Warren was pissed off about that for decades!

@daviddougan6961

7 ай бұрын

Warren of course, was one of the hero's of Gettysburg and his statue proudly stands at Little Round Top. Fire Warren, promote Custer?? I guess he went for the aggressive types.

Excellent video. Thank you.

@thepastinthepresent4

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the view and comment!

You forgot the city of Sheridan, WY! One of my favorite places in the country>

He was my Great(+) Uncle on my mother's side.

@jacobfromallstate4963

Ай бұрын

Hello fam, he's my great (+) grandfather on my dad's side

@scruggy3337

Ай бұрын

@@jacobfromallstate4963 Nice to meet you! It's always comforting to know there may be another potential kidney donor out there. :)

"...behind Halleck, Grant, Sherman, & Meade." Sheridan, WY.

Phil Sheridan has a featured role in the John Ford/John Wayne movie, Rio Grande (1950).

@thepastinthepresent4

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment and view. Oh really? I’ll have to check that out thanks for the suggestion

@RaymondCore

6 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/qIqArsGzitqWo84.html@@thepastinthepresent4

An interesting fact is three of the most significant Union generals hailed from Ohio. Sheridan, Perry County (although he was not born in Ohio, he spent much of his life there); Sherman, born and raised in Lancaster, Fairfield County; and Grant, who was born and raised in Clemont County.

@thepastinthepresent4

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the view and comment! That is definitely a pretty interesting fact!

1:00)Sheridan looks a little like Ward Bond. 1:43)A brevet and a commission are two different things. He was coomissioned a 2nd LT.

Excellent video of a distant relation mine😊

@thepastinthepresent4

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!

@thomascoburn

6 ай бұрын

Not your fault he was a War criminal.

@jacobfromallstate4963

Ай бұрын

​​@@thomascoburnhello, relative of Philip here. Yeah, he probably was tbh, but the famous quote might have been false and he did aspouse some sympathy for what they were going through. Not like that means much in the totality of what he can be confirmed to have done to the natives, with the forceful removal of their population though. 🤷🏻‍♂️ yeah, as his direct descendant..... I say "whoops, but get over it and spend that casino money. Keep protesting against pipelines and working on the fight against alcoholism.

I live in Sheridan WY and have always wondered by the guy.

Good Video! Lots of interesting information! It would be better though I think if you cited the original source for the images. For instance, the one drawing of "The Burning" was drawn by Alfred R. Waud found in the Library of Congress. The NPS article in which you probably found it is only a tertiary source (same as Wikipedia) and don't have original rights to the image.

@thepastinthepresent4

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the view and input! Glad you liked it I will defiantly take that into future consideration

I know of him and I'm not a history buff, nor am I a Yankee.

"He's a bloodthirsty looter and pillaged! He's the worst enemy those men have got!"

@frankb4526

6 ай бұрын

Outlaw Josey Wales 😂😂

The content is great, but I can barely hear the narration over the music in the beginning.

Really cool to know he is one of my relatives. I could only dream to have the same knowledge and courage as him.

Sheridan's campaign in the Valley of Virginia was fierce and unrelenting. Grant wanted that particular region neutralized and that's what Sheridan did. He was a great cavalry man and leader.

Fort Sheridan, Il

You forgot to mention General Johnson surrendering at Salisbury .. actually the war wasn't over at the surrender at Appomattox

@thepastinthepresent4

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the view and comment. That is correct the war wasn’t over at Appomattox but since Lee commanded the largest army in the confederacy, it effectively was.

Often notoriety for good or bad depends on whether it wss an otherwise slow news day.

I was told I had an Irish ancestor who fought for Sheridan.

Grant, Sherma, and Sheridan ... 🇺🇲 vs Lee, Nathan Bedford Forest, JEB Stuart, and ... All should have been Commrads in the 8nterest of the USA

Sheridan Wyoming is named after Phil Sheridan 😊

Chivington said this about Indians.!He lead the Sand Creek massacre. This was a dark spot on American history.

People in the south. Spit Everytime they say his name

Winchester , cute name for a horse .

Sheridan, Montana is named after him.

@thepastinthepresent4

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the view and comment and I must have missed that in my research! Thanks for the addition

@michaelwaller7365

5 ай бұрын

@@thepastinthepresent4 No worries. It's a small town (pop. 729) in the Ruby Valley.

No kidding.

How about George Meade

@thepastinthepresent4

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the idea! Keep your eyes open

My personal opinion of Sheridan isn't particularly high since he rarely had to face the most able Confederate generals. Would have been interesting to see him up against the finest cavalry commander of either side during the war: N. B. Forrest.

@choreboy3906

Жыл бұрын

The only remarkable thing regarding Sheridan would have been if He hadn't won with such numerical advantage.

@johnschuh8616

Жыл бұрын

@@choreboy3906 But Sheridan’s ride was something else!

@willoutlaw4971

Жыл бұрын

N.B. Forrest was fortunate not to have encountered Sheridan in battle. Forrest would have been killed as was J.E.B. Stuart at Yellow Tavern.

@localkiwi9988

Жыл бұрын

Forrest was a raider and a murderer. Fort Pillow, one of the most despicable acts of the war

@TheGuitarReb

Жыл бұрын

@@willoutlaw4971 "No damn man ever kilt me and lives" Quote" Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA. ( My ancestor rode with him )

No kiddind.

kidding. Kidding".

Never knew Sheridan hunted down and killed Stuart. Sheridan was a very good general...and Grant was...well...Grant wasn't McClellan bad...but he wasn't as good as history paints him as.

@thepastinthepresent4

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the view and comment. He gets a lot of recognition for the fact he kept fighting. Several people in government wanted him replaced but Lincoln is quoted as saying “I can’t spare this man! He fights!” And that was something lacking from a lot of the Generals in the Eastern Theatre.

@SoulKiller7Eternal

6 ай бұрын

@thepastinthepresent4 I know, I can give Grant one thing...and that is he would fight. Just...so many others were superior in how they fought. Hancock, Gibbon, Sherman, Kimball, Sheridan, even McDowell. Two of those generals bested Stonewall as well. Gibbon and Kimball. Kimball out played Jackson and defeated him at Kernstown, and Gibbon was ahead of Stonewall at Brawnere Farm (2nd Bull Run) and the elite of confederacy met the elite of the Union that day...the Iron Brigade. Every time Jackson tried to outflank or break Gibbons line...he already was ahead of Jackson. Even caused him to become desperate...Gibbon was a commander.

@johngaither9263

5 ай бұрын

Grant managed to destroy three entire confederate armies. No other civil war general on either side destroyed any. Grant wasn't flashy or a blatant self promoter. He was just a competent commander who knew the power of the union forces would be triumphant and he was right.

Your comments regarding the fighting in Texas obliquely references the “native Americans “. These were the Comanche, who were hardly the “victims: you imply. They were the more formidable indian nation ever encountered by American settlers and some of the best soldiering by Sheridan and his subordinates to subdue them. and open up West Texas to settlement. Note the late date of the founding of Lubbock, the largest city in the area..

@TheGuitarReb

Жыл бұрын

"Subdue" Just like Russia. "Subdue" the Ukraine!

@johnschuh8616

Жыл бұрын

@@TheGuitarReb Well, it is well know that the Comanche “subdued’ the Apaches who were the lmasters of the regime. They did what the Spanish were unable to do. By the way,. the term, Apache is an iindian name for “badass” or something equivalent. But the Comanches came in and just dominated them, gaining control of the largest Bison herds on the plains. Man for man, they were maybe the best horsemen who ever lived.

@TheGuitarReb

Жыл бұрын

@@johnschuh8616 Sorry I'm from the South I know a little bit about the Cherokee good guys and the Red Stick bad guys but not much else.

@johnschuh8616

Жыл бұрын

@@TheGuitarReb My mother’s family is Chickasaw. Despite a long connection wutgh the USA, the Chickasaw were pressured to vacate their lands and go to Indian Territory.Ended up making a deal with the Choctaw, settling on the western part of their territory just east of the Cross Timbers. Their ancestors had been famous for their military prowess, and one of my ancestors led Chickasaw warriors at Fallen Timbers. on the American side. Having become famers intermarried with whites, they now had to pick up the rifle again and form ranger groups because the Comanche liked Chickasaw horses too much. The Comanches behaved as savagely toward other indians as they did to whites.

@TheGuitarReb

Жыл бұрын

@@johnschuh8616 Great information: No native American in me at all. All Northern European. We fought with George Washington & Francis Marion against the British. Southern white man to the core, but one of my best band mate buddies "Chief Little Eagle" was full blood Cherokee. He kept me laughing all the time. He would mess with Mexican immigrants that would approach him speaking in Spanish. Yet, I am considered a "Racist" because I'm white and from the deep South. Go figure?

You must not have read your own material Boonville Missouri not Mississippi.

@thepastinthepresent4

7 ай бұрын

No I read it…just read it wrong

Just a little something that wasn't mentioned, before the War Between the States, he was stationed at Fort Yamhill in Oregon. A little place on the eastern slopes of the coastal range. There he watched over the local natives which had been rounded up from all over Western Oregon to the Grand Ronde Resetvation. Not far from there, in Yamhill County, there is a town named in his honor. For any of y'all that might be offended by what Sheridan did to the Shenandoah Valley, this town of Sheridan burned to the ground back in 1913, if that is any consolation. They rebuilt, of course. Today it really is a friendly little town with wonderful people, but I still don't like the name.

@thepastinthepresent4

10 ай бұрын

Wow I had no idea! Thanks for the added information

Forgotten ? Really. ?

@thepastinthepresent4

Жыл бұрын

He may simply be overlooked but when the civil war is taught in grade school he usually never gets mentioned along with grant, Sherman, Lincoln, Lee, stonewall or Jefferson Davis

Some Civil War Historians have stated that they believe the Union Generals most responsible for the Union victory in the war were Sheridan, Sherman and Grant.

@thepastinthepresent4

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the view and comment. I couldn’t agree more

@unbreakable7633

Жыл бұрын

George Thomas was also a key Union General. I like him much more than either Sheridan or Sherman. His performance at Chickamauga was excellent.

@johnschuh8616

Жыл бұрын

As a Texan, I remember him well. If he found Texas hell it might because he found that it was because the Comanche fought like demons. Before the war it took the Texas rangers armed with colts to match them. Those same rangers took that same attitude to Mexico in 1848 and were so wild themselves that the Army was pressed to handle them.

@TheGuitarReb

Жыл бұрын

@@johnschuh8616 Hurrah for Texas!

@TheGuitarReb

10 ай бұрын

Three War criminals!

This seems like it was made by a high school kid using Wikipedia.

@thepastinthepresent4

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment

Ridiculous headline.

War Criminal.

He belongs in Hell

Regarding the 'almost' war with France invading the Southwest, no need to worry. Emperor Norton I would have rallied his forces and saved his empire. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton The M551? I believe you mean the M4.

Another Yankee war criminal who should have been tried for crimes against the Southern civilian population.

@johngaither9263

5 ай бұрын

And the concept of slavery doesn't bother you at all? Every slave owner and man who fought to preserve it has earned himself a place in hell.

@ChristianMatos-hb5ik

14 күн бұрын

You talk about war crimes. Let us look upon the actions of your beloved Nathan Bedford forrest at fort Pillow. Surrendering union soldiers were executed on Forrests orders. Black soldiers were brutally slain. I dare you to tell me one crime this man has committed. Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan saved America while Davis, Lee, Jackson, and Forrest caused war all over their undying will to expand slavery and make all of the U.S. reliant on slave labor.