Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.
Mary [Wells] met Lt. Slaughter at a dance. From the minute they met they were smitten with one another. Twenty-three months later, after an enjoyable courtship of partying, picnicking, etc., there were married on May 24, 1852 in the Episcopal Church.