Sheridan's Troopers on the Borders

Philip Henry Sheridan was known as a ruthless warrior who played a decisive role in the army’s long campaign against the native peoples of the Plains, forcing them onto reservations with tactics of total war. In 1869 Sheridan succeeded William T. Sherman as commander of the Division of the Missouri, encompassing the Plains region from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi. With Sherman, he refined his tactics – massive force directed in surprise attacks against Indian encampments – to mount suc