In Memoriam
Fort Sheridan in Illinois was named to honor General Sheridan's many services to Chicago.
The M551 Sheridan tank is named after General Sheridan.
Mount Sheridan in Yellowstone National Park was named for Sheridan by Captain John W. Barlow in 1871.
Sheridan appeared on $10 U.S. Treasury Notes issued in 1890 and 1891. His bust then reappeared on the $5 Silver Certificate in 1896. These rare notes are in great demand by collectors today.
In 1937 the US Post Office issued a series of commemorative stamp issues honoring various Army and Navy heroes. Among them was an issue commemorating Generals Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman and Philip H. Sheridan.
Sheridan County, North Dakota, Sheridan County, Nebraska, Sheridan County, Montana, Sheridan County, Wyoming, and Sheridan County, Kansas, are named for him, as are the cities of Sheridan, Colorado, Sheridan, Montana (in Madison County) Sheridan, Wyoming, Sheridan, Arkansas, Sheridan, Oregon, Sheridan, Indiana, and Sheridan, Illinois (LaSalle County).
Sheridan Square in the West Village of New York City is named for the general and his statue is displayed nearby in Christopher Street Park. Sheridan Circle, Sheridan Street, and the neighborhood of Sheridan-Kalorama in Washington, D.C., are also named after him.
The only equestrian Civil War statue in Ohio honors Sheridan. It is in the center traffic circle on US Route 22 in Somerset, Ohio, not far from the house where Sheridan grew up.
Sheridan High School is located 5 miles north of General Sheridan's home town of Somerset. The athletic team is nicknamed "The Generals".
Sheridan Glacier, located 15 miles outside of Cordova, Alaska was named in his honor.
There is an equestrian statue of Sheridan in front of the New York State Capitol near Sheridan Avenue.
In World War II, the United States liberty ship, SS Philip H. Sheridan, was named in his honor.
Sheridan Road in Lawton, Oklahoma, leads to Fort Sill, where Sheridan supposedly uttered the words "The only good Indians I ever saw were dead."
Sheridan Drive in Arlington National Cemetery partially encircles the area that contains the general's gravesite. The Sheridan Gate, constructed in 1879 and dismantled and placed in storage in 1971, was once the Cemetery's main entrance.
A statue of Sheridan by Allen George Newman is sited in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Sheridan Road in Chicago and the North Shore suburbs is named in honor of Philip Sheridan and leads to the Town of Fort Sheridan, the landmark former U.S. Army base now converted to an upscale residential community. Sheridan Road runs continuously for approximately 60 miles, mostly along the shoreline of Lake Michigan, from Chicago to Racine, Wisconsin.
An equestrian statue of Sheridan by Gutzon Borglum (sculptor of the figures on Mt. Rushmore) at Belmont Avenue and Sheridan Road in Chicago depicts the general on his horse, Rienzi.
The Sheridan Drive in the northern suburbs of Buffalo, New York is named for Sheridan Road in Chicago, and thus indirectly after Philip Sheridan. An equestrian statue of the general was planned to be built there in 1925, but was cancelled and built instead at the New York State Capitol, as aforementioned.
John Philip Sousa wrote a descriptive piece for band memorializing Sheridan. Describing "Sheridan's Ride", published in 1891, as a "Scenes Historical", Sousa musically characterized Sheridan's famous ride back to his army in the Battle of Cedar Creek. The composition has six sections: Waiting for the Bugle, The Attack, The Death of Thoburn, The Coming of Sheridan, and The Apotheosis.
The Philip H. Sheridan School in Philadelphia was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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