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The Sheridan Monument
Historical Marker
Location
of sign - 109 Public Square Somerset, Ohio
Photo
taken - September 2007
Photo
courtesy of Jimmy Wayne
Text
of sign:
The Sheridan Monument
The
Sheridan monument was erected by and given to the Village of
Somerset by the State of Ohio in 1905 to honor the memory of
Somerset's General Phillip Henry Sheridan. "Little Phil"
was raised in Somerset and graduated from the United States Military
Academy in 1852. He rendered valuable service to the Federal Army in
the Civil War at Stone's River, Missionary Ridge, Yellow
Tavern,
Winchester, Cedar Creek, Five Forks, and Appomattox. He later
commanded in the West and became General of the
Army in 1883,
received his fourth star, and died in 1888. The heroic sculpture,
created by Carl Heber of New York, portrays
"Sheridan's
Ride" to Winchester. Somerset citizens paid for the granite
base through a children's "penny fund."
2002
American
Legion Post 56, The Ohio Historical Society 1-64
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