General Sheridan (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book General Sheridan (Classic Reprint) written by Henry E. Davies and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-25 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from General Sheridan New York in 1836, and educated at Harvard and Columbia College, where he was graduated in 1857. He then studied law, was admitted to the bar, and began practice. In April, 1861, he entered the army as captain in the Fifth Regiment, New York Infantry, became major Of the Second New York Cavalry in the same year, and subsequently its colonel. In Sep tember, 1863, he was made a brigadier general and served with distinction in the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac under Sheridan, his brigade. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.