Sheridan was a resident of Somerset General Philip Sheridan Memorial
Somerset Village Circle, US-22
Somerset, Perry County
General Philip H. Sheridan
by The State of Ohio 1905"
'Little Phil'
This bronze statue, erected upon a granite pedastal, was given to the village in 1905 by the State of Ohio to commemorate its' most famous resident son,
General Philip H. Sheridan. Sheridan was only five foot five inches tall, hence the nickname, 'Little Phil'. The General was ruthless in his tactics
and the first American general to employ a scorched earth policy when dealing with the enemy. He was revered in the North and despised in the
South for this reason. Historians have also accused him of genocidal tactics against the native indians of the west.
But to the people of Somerset he was a native son that accomplished much. The statue is located at the center of a busy traffic circle where US Highway 22 crosses several Ohio state roads.
