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On January 17, 1908, Borglum's design received approval by the Sheridan monument commission, including then-Secretary of War William Howard Taft, General Henry C. Corbin, and Brigadier General Michael V. Sheridan, Philip Sheridan's brother. Irene also approved the design and chose the memorial site.
Equestrian statue of Philip Sheridan, by Gutzon Borglum, Sheridan Circle, 1908. Brigadier General Count Casimir Pulaski, by Kazimierz Chodziński, Freedom Plaza, 1910. General Simón Bolívar, by Emile Antoine Bourdelle, Courtyard of the Organization of American States Building, 1914, this cast 1984.
Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 [1] [a] – August 5, 1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with General-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant, who transferred Sheridan from command of an infantry division in the Western Theater to lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army ...
Equestrian statue of Philip Sheridan (Washington, D.C.) Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Equestrian statue of Philip Sheridan .
An equestrian statue of Philip Sheridan by Gutzon Borglum, sometimes called the General Philip Henry Sheridan Monument, is installed in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] History
John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (March 25, 1867 – March 6, 1941) was an American sculptor best known for his work on Mount Rushmore.He is also associated with various other public works of art across the U.S., including Stone Mountain in Georgia, statues of Union General Philip Sheridan in Washington D.C. and in Chicago, as well as a bust of Abraham Lincoln exhibited in the White House by ...
General Philip Henry Sheridan, also known as the Sheridan Memorial, [1] is an outdoor bronze sculpture of Philip Sheridan by Joseph Pollia, located in Christopher Park in Manhattan, New York. [2] The statue was installed in 1936. [3]
Sheridan Circle is a contributing property to the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District and the Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District, both listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). In addition, the equestrian statue of General Philip Sheridan is 1 of 18 Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C., that were collectively listed on ...