| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Sheridan, Philip Henry |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Sher·i·dan |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  sh r  -dn |
| DATES: | 1831–1888 |
| American Union general. Active in the Chattanooga (1863) and Wilderness (1864) campaigns, he routed Confederate forces at the Battle of Five Forks (1865).
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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