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November 20, 1864
The Nashville Daily Union
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
What is this article about?
A young Philip Sheridan, working as a clerk to support his widowed mother and sister, receives an appointment to West Point after James Parker Jr. is too young to attend, arranged by Parker's father. Sheridan later serves in the Shenandoah Valley.
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How Sheridan Entered West Point.
Lieutenant Commanding James Parker, Jr., of the United States gunboat Maumee, received, when a lad, the appointment of a cadet at West Point, from the member of Congress from his district in Ohio. Unfortunately, Parker was too young to enter the academy, and his father, desirous that some one in his town should have the benefit of the appointment, cast about for a boy worthy of it. In a dry-goods store was a lad, the son of Irish parents who, by his salary as clerk, supported a widowed mother and sister. The place was offered to him, but was at first refused, as he disliked to give up the clerkship. Upon being urged further, the boy consented, and entered the military academy. To-day he is in the Valley of the Shenandoah, and his name is Philip Sheridan.
New Bedford Mercury.
Lieutenant Commanding James Parker, Jr., of the United States gunboat Maumee, received, when a lad, the appointment of a cadet at West Point, from the member of Congress from his district in Ohio. Unfortunately, Parker was too young to enter the academy, and his father, desirous that some one in his town should have the benefit of the appointment, cast about for a boy worthy of it. In a dry-goods store was a lad, the son of Irish parents who, by his salary as clerk, supported a widowed mother and sister. The place was offered to him, but was at first refused, as he disliked to give up the clerkship. Upon being urged further, the boy consented, and entered the military academy. To-day he is in the Valley of the Shenandoah, and his name is Philip Sheridan.
New Bedford Mercury.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Family
Fortune Reversal
What keywords are associated?
Philip Sheridan
West Point
Cadet Appointment
Family Support
Historical Anecdote
What entities or persons were involved?
Philip Sheridan
James Parker Jr.
Parker Father
Widowed Mother
Sister
Where did it happen?
West Point, Ohio District, Valley Of The Shenandoah
Story Details
Key Persons
Philip Sheridan
James Parker Jr.
Parker Father
Widowed Mother
Sister
Location
West Point, Ohio District, Valley Of The Shenandoah
Story Details
James Parker Jr. receives but cannot take West Point appointment due to age; his father offers it to deserving clerk Philip Sheridan, son of Irish immigrants supporting his family, who accepts after hesitation and later serves in Shenandoah.