"Little Phil" and his troopersThe life of GenPhilip HSheridanIts romance and reality: how an humble lad reached the head of an army .. . iquette among the different departments at Wash-ington, and one does not like to interfere with another, as it mixesthings all up. I knew this, and I knew that Sheridan had nothing todo with the Ordnance Department; but I ventured to suggest thematter to him. He thought of it, and then explained to me the diffi-culty he was in. He, the General of the Army, did not wish to breakover any rule of etiquette between departments, as it would at oncecreate a dangero
"Little Phil" and his troopersThe life of GenPhilip HSheridanIts romance and reality: how an humble lad reached the head of an army .. . iquette among the different departments at Wash-ington, and one does not like to interfere with another, as it mixesthings all up. I knew this, and I knew that Sheridan had nothing todo with the Ordnance Department; but I ventured to suggest thematter to him. He thought of it, and then explained to me the diffi-culty he was in. He, the General of the Army, did not wish to breakover any rule of etiquette between departments, as it would at oncecreate a dangerous precedent. I will do anything else for you, saidhe, but I dont see how I can do this. General, said I, twenty years ago this month I remember help-ing you capture forty-eight guns from the enemy on the field of battle,one day ; now, am I not justified in time of peace to ask you to help mecapture only four guns for memorial purposes? Instantly a change came over his face; recollections of the hotfight at Winchester and the men who were with him then came overhim, and, turning around in his chair, he pulled out an order, and24. GEN. PHIL H. 5HERIDAN. 371 before I left his office I had all the paper necessary to get those had touched the right cord, and he realized that but for the men whohelped him twenty years before he would not then have l)een Generalof the United States Army, and in a position to help his old soldiers. General Sheridans wife, Irene M. Rucker, is the daughter of General Daniel Henry Rucker, retired Qiiartermaster-General ofthe United States Army. She is indeed, a soldiers daughter, as wellas a soldiers wife and widow. The Ruckers are a family of soldiers,her grandfather and two brothers, as well as her father and husband,being all distinguished officers of the American Army. General Ruckerand his wife, Mrs. Sheridans mother, now reside in is a native of Belleville, New Jersey, entered the army from Mich-igan as lieutenant of dr
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