Philip Sheridan

This 1908 Statue of General Philip Sheridan by Gutzon Borglum stands in Sheridan Circle in Washington DC.

General Philip Sheridan served as commander of the Union cavalry forces and the army of the Shenandoah during the Civil War. He is credited with defeating the Confederate troops in the Shenandoah on October 19, 1864 near Winchester, Virginia after driving his horse across twenty miles to reach the battle scene. After this victory, he then changed the name of his horse, Rienzi, to Winchester. -- SIRIS

Sheridan

Sheridan's Ride from Winchester.
by Thomas Buchanan Read.

Hurrah! hurrah for Sheridan!
Hurrah! hurrah for horse and man!
And when their statues are placed on high,
Under the dome of the Union sky,
The American soldier's Temple of Fame;
There with the glorious general's name,
Be it said, in letters both bold and bright,
"Here is the steed that saved the day,
By carrying Sheridan into the fight,
From Winchester, twenty miles away!"

 

Rienzi  

Gutzon Borglum 1908

General Sheridan and sun bathers in Sheridan Circle