Terrible Swift Sword: The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan

Alongside Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan is the least known of the triumvirate of generals most responsible for winning the Civil War. Yet, before Sherman's famous march through Georgia, it was General Sheridan who introduced scorched-earth warfare to the South, and it was his Cavalry Corps that compelled Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Sheridan's innovative cavalry tactics and total war strategy became staples of twentieth-century warfare.

After the war, Sheridan ruthlessly suppressed the raiding Plains Indians much as he had the Confederates, by killing warriors and burning villages, but he also defended reservation Indians from corrupt agents and contractors. Sheridan, an enthusiastic hunter and conservationist, later ordered the US cavalry to occupy and operate Yellowstone National Park to safeguard it from commercial exploitation.

Author: Joseph Wheelan
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 09/03/2013
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.50w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780306821981
ISBN10: 0306821982
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Military
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- History | Military | United States

About the Author
Joseph Wheelan is the author of nine previous books, including the highly-acclaimed books Terrible Swift Sword and Midnight in the Pacific. Before turning to writing books full time, Wheelan was a reporter and editor for the Associated Press for twenty-four years. He lives in Cary, North Carolina.