Excerpt from Fighting Phil: The Life and Military Career of Philip Henry Sheridan, General of the Army of the United States The North was ashamed of her cavalry, in contrast with that of the South, at the beginning of the war; but before its close was proud of the troopers whom their last great leader, Sheridan, covered with glory unsurpassed in the history of any conflict. 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.