" This man led an army to Texas in an attempt to persuade Emperor Maximilian to leave Mexico.
As commander of the Fifth Military District, this man ordered the removal of Texas Governor James Throckmorton for being an "impediment to the reconstruction." This man led an army to Texas in an attempt to persuade Emperor Maximilian to leave Mexico. This man was called east after his assault on Missionary Ridge near Chattanooga, and he won the Battle of Yellow Tavern, where J.E.B. Stuart was killed. While leading campaigns against the Plains Indians, he became associated with the maxim "the only good Indian is a dead Indian." At the Third Battle of Winchester he defeated Jubal Early, while leading a scorched earth campaign aimed at crippling Confederate infrastructure in Virginia. For 10 points, name this Union cavalry commander who burned the Shenandoah Valley.
As commander of the Fifth Military District, this man ordered the removal of Texas Governor James Throckmorton for being an "impediment to the reconstruction.
Philip Henry Sheridan