General "Little Phil" Sheridan remains a polarizing figure in Civil War history. However, a new Sheridan biography by Jonathan Noyalas of Shenandoah University invites a reconsideration. Sheridan's achievements and legacy, and the reasons we remember them the way we do, may be more complicated than we realize.

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