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Location: LEONARD WOOD WEST

City: HIGHLAND PARK

State: Illinois

Zip Code: 60035

Type of Memorial: Equestrian Memorials

Year Dedicated: 1990

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: BILL KIRCHNER


GENERAL PHILIP H. SHERIDAN ASTRIDE HIS MOUNT “RIENZI” AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS IN APRIL 1865, WHERE HE INSPIRED HIS TROOPS BY RIDING BACK AND FORTH IN FRONT OF THEM (AND THE ENEMY)CARRYING HIS UNIT’S GUIDON AND RALLYING THEM TO VICTORY.


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