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Philip Henry Sheridan, George Armstrong Custer, George A. Forsyth, Morris Joseph Asch, Nelson B. Sweitzer, Michael Vincent Sheridan and James Forsyth

Philip Henry Sheridan, George Armstrong Custer, George A. Forsyth, Morris Joseph Asch, Nelson B. Sweitzer, Michael Vincent Sheridan and James Forsyth
Artist
Capt. Jonathan Lee Knight, 1837 - 1915
Sitter
George Alexander Forsyth, 7 Nov 1837 - 12 Sep 1915
Morris Joseph Asch, 04 Jul 1833 - 05 Oct 1902
Michael Vincent Sheridan, 24 May 1840 - 21 Feb 1918
George Armstrong Custer, 5 Dec 1839 - 25 Jun 1876
Philip Henry Sheridan, 6 Mar 1831 - 5 Aug 1888
Nelson Bowman Sweitzer, 12 Dec 1828 - 07 Mar 1898
James William Forsyth, 08 Aug 1834 - 24 Oct 1906
Date
1872
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 22.4 × 29.2 cm (8 13/16 × 11 1/2")
Mount: 27.7 × 34.6 cm (10 7/8 × 13 5/8")
Mat: 40.6 × 55.9 cm (16 × 22")
Topic
Interior
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Costume\Headgear\Hat
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Costume\Outerwear\Cape
Symbols & Motifs\Star
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Couch
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie
George Armstrong Custer: Male
George Armstrong Custer: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army
George Alexander Forsyth: Male
George Alexander Forsyth: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army
George Alexander Forsyth: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General
Morris Joseph Asch: Male
Nelson Bowman Sweitzer: Male
Nelson Bowman Sweitzer: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army
Michael Vincent Sheridan: Male
Philip Henry Sheridan: Male
Philip Henry Sheridan: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Colonel
Philip Henry Sheridan: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General
Philip Henry Sheridan: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Captain
Philip Henry Sheridan: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army
Philip Henry Sheridan: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General
Philip Henry Sheridan: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General
James William Forsyth: Male
James William Forsyth: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.78.17
Exhibition Label
Philip H. Sheridan (1831–1888) was a lifelong soldier from his West Point graduation in 1853 until just before his death. His leadership capabilities came to the fore in the last year of the Civil War, when he took command of the Union cavalry in Virginia and made it an effective fighting arm of the U.S. Army. With the return of peace, Sheridan was assigned commands in Texas, patrolling the border with Mexico, and in Louisiana, enforcing Reconstruction policies that protected voting rights, especially for blacks. The Indian Wars in the West occupied Sheridan for most of the 1870s, especially the Great Sioux War of 1876–77, in which George A. Custer and some 200 cavalrymen were killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Custer is seen in this photograph—taken in Topeka, Kansas, in 1872—wearing a fur-trimmed coat and sitting beside Sheridan.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view