COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Phillip Sheridan
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 2013
Item Description:
Sheridan, Phillip - Biographical information for Lt. Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan, Sr.; "Henry, 'Little Phil' and 'Fightin' Phil' Sheridan"; "Mistaken Policy of the Government", "History of Wyoming by Coutant, Chapter XLI, pp. 602-605; "Early Historic Settings" by D. W. Greenburg from"Midwest Review", March 1920; "A Brief History of the Washakie National Forest" by A. G. Clayton, from "Annals of Wyoming", Vol. 4, No. 2, Oct. 1926; "Sketch of the Life of Dick Parr" by Louise L. Parr, from "Annals of Wyoming, Vol. 9, No. 1, Jul, 1932; "Indian Troubles" by Lt. Gen. P. H. Sheridan, "Annals of Wyoming", Vol. ?, No. 3, Jan. 1933
Date:
Undated
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born: Mar. 6, 1831, in County Cavan (Ireland) [or at Albany (N. Y.) or Somerset (Ohio)]
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" . . . the only peace that would last must come after the Indians had been severely punished."
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Fort Sanders (1st called Fort Buford) near Laramie (Albanay Co. - 1866)
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Dick Parr - Maj. Joel Elliot
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Civil War: Union Army
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Sheridan, Mrs. Irene Rucker (wife, born: Jun. 4, 1856. at Watrous [or Fort Union], N. M. - married: Jun/ 3, 1875, at Chicago, Ill.? - died: Feb. 24, 1938 (age: 81 [or 86]), at Washington (D. C.) - buried: Arlington Naational Cemetery at Arlington (Va.)
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4 children: Mary, Irene (twin), Louise (twin) and Philip Henry (Jr.)
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died: Aug. 5, 1888 (age:57), at Nonquitt (Bristol Co., Mass.)
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buried: Arlington National Cemetery (Plot: Section 2. Site S-1 - Memorial ID: 949) at Arlington (Va.)
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regretted U. S. military's ". . . treatment of the Indians." - Gen. U. S. Grant
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Fort Laramie Treaty - Hon. Schuyler Colfax - Gen. Custer & 7th Cavalry
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