This remarkable image of General Sheridan has been taken from collections held at the Library of Congress and digitally enhanced. It has been reprinted on the finest museum quality paper. The conical Minié balls and round musket ball included in this piece were recovered from battlefields and campsites in Virginia, near or on the scenes of many of the valiant struggles of the general and the men who served under him.
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General Phillip Henry Sheridan
Commander of VI and XIX Corps with three divisions of Cavalry, it was Sheridan who “closed the back door to Washington” in his scorched earth Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864. He received the thanks of Congress for brilliantly “retrieving victory from defeat” over Confederate forces under Jubal Early in that Campaign. He was once suspended from West Point for a year for belligerent behavior. Many historians believe he was only able to rise from the rank of an obscure 2nd Lieutenant in 1861 because of the large number of defections of his comrades to the Confederacy. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant General under Sherman following the war, a truly meteoric assent. He is perhaps one of the three most famous Union generals of the war.
This beautiful piece is framed in a cherry stained solid wood shadowbox, 12 by 10 inches and 2 and 1/8 inches deep, with a glass face - all made in the USA. It includes the relics as described above. The depth of the box adds a beautiful effect to the piece. Annotations are on the back of the frame and each has been individually signed by AMHSoc, denoting its origin as the limited edition piece that it is. Images are available in gray tones and Sepia.
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