Given the epithet "the Inevitable" in a book by Richard O'Connor, he replaced Winfield Hancock as commander of the Department of the Missouri in 1867 and carried out the winter buffalo offensives during the Plains Wars.
Late in his career, this man was placed in charge of relief efforts when martial law was declared after the Great Chicago Fire. Given the epithet "the Inevitable" in a book by Richard O'Connor, he replaced Winfield Hancock as commander of the Department of the Missouri in 1867 and carried out the winter buffalo offensives during the Plains Wars. Earlier, his army had mortally wounded J.E.B. Stuart at Yellow Tavern and he led victories at Fisher's Hill and Waynesboro over the army of Jubal Early. But, one of his more famous actions came at the Battle of Cedar Creek where his horse Rienzi supposedly gained its name. FTP, name this cavalry commander of the Army of the Potomac who directed the burning campaign in the Shenandoah Valley.
Late in his career, this man was placed in charge of relief efforts when martial law was declared after the Great Chicago Fire.
Philip Henry Sheridan