Fort Sheridan Historical Society
People of the Fort
This page will eventually provide information on the people of Fort Sheridan. The people who have lived or served at the Fort is currently being researched. Some of these were perhaps well known, and most of them were less known, but certainly did their part in building the history of the Fort. ​
Commanding Officers at Fort Sheridan
1887 - 1970
​​MAJ William Lyster Nov 1887
LTC Richard F. OBeirne Sep 1890
COL Robert E. A. Crofton Jan 1891
COL Samuel Ovenshine Dec 1894
COL Robert H. Hall Oct 1896
CPT R. P. Page Wainwright Aug 1898
BG Robert H. Hall Dec 1898
COL Richard Comba Dec 1899
COL William M. Van Horne Mar 1901
COL William S. McCaskey Mar 1902
LTC Richard T. Yeatman Dec 1903
COL S. R. Whitall Jul 1904
COL William L. Pitcher Sep 1906
LTC Walter L. Finley Jul 1907
COL William L. Pitcher Apr 1909
COL Edward T. Brown Aug 1910
COL Millard F. Waltz Apr 1911
COL Hoel S. Bishop Jun 1911
COL Robert N. Getty Oct 1912
MAJ Michael N. McNamee Feb 1913
CPT Theodore B. Taylor Dec 1913
LTC D. L. Tate Apr 1914
COL William J. Nicholson Mar 1915
MAJ William F. Grote Mar 1916
LTC James A. Ryan Aug 1917
COL Samuel Burkhardt, Jr. Dec 1917
COL Robert R. McCormick Sep 1918
COL William N. Bispham May 1919
MG Leonard H. Wood Oct 1920
BG Eli A. Helmick May 1921
BG Fred W. Sladen Oct 1921
BG George VanHorn Moseley Mar 1922
BG Benjamin A. Poore Nov 1924
BG Michael J. Lenihan Nov 1925
COL Perry L. Miles Dec 1927
COL Fred B. Shaw Sep 1928
BG Casper H. Conrad, Jr. Jan 1929
COL Edward Davis May 1931
BG Frank C. Bolles Aug 1931
BG Dana T. Merrill Mar 1935
COL Phillip B. Payton Aug 1937
BG Karl Truesdell Apr 1938
LTC John L. Homer Oct 1939
BG Lloyd Fredendall Jul 1940
BG Clyde R. Abraham Nov 1940
BG John L. Homer Dec 1940
COL Frederick C. Rogers Jun 1941
COL John T. Rhett Jun 1943
COL George Cusham Sep 1944
BG John T. Pierce Jun 1945
COL Robert B. McBride Jun 1946
BG Charles H. Neulson Aug 1946
COL Newton A. Bush Apr 1947
COL Christian Hildebrand Sep 1947
COL Maurice C. Bigelow Sep 1949
COL Alexander H. Cummings Oct 1949
COL John Naser Jun 1951
COL Stephen E. Bullock Jul 1951
COL Clearfield P. Wade Jul 1953
COL Ralph E. Doty Sep 1954
COL John W. Hammond Jan 1957
COL Julian B. Lindsey Sep 1958
COL Alfred A. Pursall Sep 1959
COL John M. House, Jr. Aug 1960
COL Benjamin C. Chapla Jun 1962
COL Victor G. Conley Jul 1966
COL Edwin A. Nichols Jul 1968