Item No. 9881641

Cabinet card photograph of Philip Henry Sheridan, showing him in uniform of a lieutenant general. Published by C. M. Bell of Washington, D.C. Sheridan rose to prominence as a Union cavalry commander during the Civil War, particularly for his Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1864 and his role in the final campaigns against Robert E. Lee in 1865. After the war, Sheridan continued to rise through the Army’s senior ranks, commanding military departments in the West and playing a leading role in the Indian Wars. Promoted to lieutenant general on March 4, 1869, he later succeeded William T. Sherman as Commanding General of the U.S. Army in 1883. In June 1888, he was promoted to General of the Army, shortly before his death that August.

The portrait being somewhat faded, and with a slight crease across the bottom of the image, the image is priced accordingly. Measures about 4 1/4” x 6 1/2”.