This soldier first made his name at Booneville, Mississippi, where his unit beat an enemy force five times larger.
This soldier first made his name at Booneville, Mississippi, where his unit beat an enemy force five times larger. His later posts included governing Texas, and he once claimed that if he owned Hell and Texas, he'd rent out Texas and live in Hell. Highlights in between included counterattacking successfully at Perryville, winning at Yellow Tavern, where his nemesis J.E.B. Stuart was killed, and joining his men in a spontaneous and successful charge up Missionary Ridge. For 10 points, name this namesake of a square in the West Village who, after replacing David Hunter, routed Jubal Early in an 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaign, and who was Grant's best cavalry general in spite of his extreme youth and shortness.
This soldier first made his name at Booneville, Mississippi, where his unit beat an enemy force five times larger.
Philip Henry {Sheridan}