10 Facts About Phil Sheridan-- Part 6: His Statue in Albany

10.  THE UNVEILING OF HIS STATUE IN ALBANY DREW A HUGE CROWD.

Sheridan died in 1888 and three decades later a movement started in New York to erect a statue honoring him.  Apparently Ohio had taken the lead in claiming  the famous general as its own and New York wanted to get in on the action.

New York's governor, Martin Glynn, publicly started off the campaign, and called for the people of Albany  to raise $10,000 for the monument.  If the city accomplished this, he said the legislature to put up $20,000.  Glynn remarked:  State pride and local pride demand that this be done."

--Old Secesh