Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Sheridan” in chapter 1.11 of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16.:
...s sent in the field the United States signal men learned to read the Confederate messages, while the Confederates took the same liberty with the messages of the other side.
Early played a ruse on Sheridan in the Valley campaigns.
Finding that Sheridan was reading his signals, he caused the following dispatch to be sent to himself by his signal flags:
Lieutenant—General early, Fisher's Hill:...
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| † | Phil Sheridan | 662 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 0 user votes | |
| P. H. Sheridan | 3,897 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Sheridan | 3,492 | 0 | 280 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Philip H. Sheridan | 2,795 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Warren Sheridan | 1,424 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Philip Sheridan | 1,265 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 user votes | ||
| Philip Henry Sheridan | 546 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| M. V. Sheridan | 223 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Tuesday Sheridan | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Halleck Sheridan | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| John Sheridan | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| James Sheridan | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Shiloh Sheridan | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Gen Sheridan | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Tom Sheridan | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Joseph Sheridan | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| August Sheridan | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Sherman Sheridan | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Irish-Yankee Sheridan | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Francis Sheridan | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Little Phil Sheridan | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Michael V. Sheridan | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Phil H. Sheridan | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Richard Brinsley Sheridan | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| R. B. Sheridan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Thomas Sheridan | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Bridgeport Sheridan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Anthony Sheridan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Caroline Sheridan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Frances Sheridan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Frank Sheridan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| George Sheridan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| George E. Sheridan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Mary Sheridan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| P. S. Sheridan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| William A. Sheridan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| P. Sheridan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Charles Sheridan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Patrick Francis Sheridan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
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