Philip Sheridan features prominently on the corner of West Belmont Avenue and North Lake Shore Drive , memorialized as a towering statue depicting Sheridan on horseback . The U.S. Army general is the namesake of North Sheridan Road . In 1871 he brought troops to Chicago in the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire and was authorized by Mayor Joseph Medill to take control of the city under martial law . He was later made commanding general of the U.S. Army by President Chester A. Arthur
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
Lake View, Chicago