Forgotten Figures: Philip Sheridan

One of the commanding generals of the civil war, he rose quickly through the ranks and became one the highest ranking generals by wars end. His scorched earth policy in the Shenandoah helped bring the war to an end and he was the man to turn to with a policy war with France at the Mexican border.

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