Philip Henry Sheridan papers, 1853-1896 (bulk 1862-1887).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 18,000 items; 120 containers plus 1 oversize; 104 microfilm reels; 46.4 linear feetSubject(s): - Bonsal, Rebecca M
- Forsyth, George A. -- Correspondence
- Forsyth, James W. (James William), 1836-1906 -- Correspondence
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Correspondence
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Correspondence
- Page, Henry, active 1863-1865
- Sheridan, Michael V. (Michael Vincent), 1840-1918 -- Correspondence
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 -- Correspondence
- Warren, G. K. (Gouverneur Kemble), 1830-1882
- Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
- Indians of North America -- Government relations
- Indians of North America -- Wars
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- Montana
- Piegan Indians -- Wars -- Montana
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 (May-August)
- Appomattox (Va.) -- History
- Asia -- Description and travel
- Bighorn Mountains (Wyo. and Mont.) -- Discovery and exploration
- Boonville (Mo.) -- History
- Chickamauga (Ga.) -- History
- Europe -- Description and travel
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Mexico -- Boundaries -- United States
- Missionary Ridge (Tenn.) -- History
- Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Murfreesboro (Tenn). -- History
- Perryville (Ky.) -- History
- Ripley (Miss.) -- History
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Tullahoma (Tenn.) -- History
- United States -- Boundaries -- Mexico
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Winchester, 3rd Battle of, Winchester, Va., 1864
- Wyoming -- Discovery and exploration
- Yellowstone River -- Discovery and exploration
- Army officers
- Microfilm edition available, no. 19,308.
Open to research.
Correspondence, letterbooks, telegrams, memoir, speeches, 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 U.S. Army.
Civil War material relates to cavalry operations, the Appomattox, Shenandoah, and Tullahoma campaigns, the Winchester Raid, and engagements at Boonville, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Perryville, Ripley, and Stone River. Also includes material on George A. Forsyth's Europe-Asia tour (1875-1876), the Piegan Expedition (1869-1870), Gouverneur K. Warren's court of inquiry (1881), Rebecca M. Bonsal's service as Union spy at Winchester, Va., reconnaissance of the Bighorn Mountains and the Bighorn and Yellowstone river valleys (1877), and Henry Page's service as quartermaster of the Army of the Potomac (1863-1865). Correspondents include George A. Forsyth, James W. Forsyth, Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, Michael V. Sheridan, and William T. Sherman.
Microfilm edition available, no. 19,308.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1986.
In part, transcripts. [S.l.].
Army officer.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
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