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UNION MAJOR GENERAL JOHN M. SCHOFIELD
SIGNED 4" X 7" ALBUM PAGE $90.00
Schofield, J(ohn) M. (1831-1906) Union Major General. As chief
of staff to Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, he participated in the engagements
of Dug Springs and the battle of Wilson's creek. In the fall of the
same year he was charged with the conversion of the 1st Mo. infantry
into an artillery regiment, and with battery A, hastily forwarded from
St. Louis, took part in the battle of Fredericktown, Mo. On Nov. 21
he was appointed by the president brigadier-general of volunteers,
and on the 26th he received the same commission from the governor
of Missouri in the Missouri state militia, with orders to organize and
equip a force of 10,000, to be at the service of the Federal
government, within the limits of the state, while the war should last,
and which should relieve the main armies for service in more
important fields. From Sept. 26, 1862, until April, 1863, he organized
and commanded the Army of the Frontier in the southwest part of the
state and in northwest Arkansas, driving the Confederates south of
the Arkansas river, having been made major-general of volunteers on
Nov. 29, 1862. For about one month, April 20 to May 13, 1863, Gen.
Schofield commanded the 3d division of the 14th army corps, but was
assigned to the command of the Department of the Missouri, and
retained it until Jan. 31, 1864, sending troops to assist Gen. Grant in
the capture of Vicksburg, operating successfully to obtain possession
of the line of the Arkansas river, and clearing the state of guerrilla
and border war. With the Army of the Ohio, of which he was in
command, he took part in all the battles and operations of the entire
Atlanta campaign, viz., the demonstration at Buzzard Roost gap, the
battles of Resaca and Dallas, the movement against and engagements
near Lost mountain, the action of Kolb's farm, the battle of Kennesaw
mountain the passage of the Chattahoochee and the battles near and
siege of Atlanta, ending in the capture of that city on Sept. 2, 1864. In
October Gen. Schofield was sent by Gen. Sherman to the assistance
of Gen. George H. Thomas in Tennessee commanding the troops in
the field opposed to Gen. Hood from Nov. 3 till Dec.1. Falling back
from Pulaski to Columbia, skirmishing and from the latter place to
Spring Hill, he finally gave battle at Franklin on Nov. 30. He also
participated in the battle of Nashville, which terminated the
campaign, on Dec. 15 and 16, and was engaged in the pursuit of
Hood's army until Jan. 14, 1865. His commission of brigadier-general
in the U. S. army was dated from the battle of Franklin, and on March
13, 1865, he also received the rank of brevet major-general, U. S. A.,
for "gallant and meritorious services" in the same battle. Gen.
Schofield then operated with Gen. Sherman in the final campaign
against Gen. Johnston, and after the surrender he remained in
command of the Department of North Carolina until June 21.
SIGNED 4" X 7" ALBUM PAGE $90.00
Schofield, J(ohn) M. (1831-1906) Union Major General. As chief
of staff to Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, he participated in the engagements
of Dug Springs and the battle of Wilson's creek. In the fall of the
same year he was charged with the conversion of the 1st Mo. infantry
into an artillery regiment, and with battery A, hastily forwarded from
St. Louis, took part in the battle of Fredericktown, Mo. On Nov. 21
he was appointed by the president brigadier-general of volunteers,
and on the 26th he received the same commission from the governor
of Missouri in the Missouri state militia, with orders to organize and
equip a force of 10,000, to be at the service of the Federal
government, within the limits of the state, while the war should last,
and which should relieve the main armies for service in more
important fields. From Sept. 26, 1862, until April, 1863, he organized
and commanded the Army of the Frontier in the southwest part of the
state and in northwest Arkansas, driving the Confederates south of
the Arkansas river, having been made major-general of volunteers on
Nov. 29, 1862. For about one month, April 20 to May 13, 1863, Gen.
Schofield commanded the 3d division of the 14th army corps, but was
assigned to the command of the Department of the Missouri, and
retained it until Jan. 31, 1864, sending troops to assist Gen. Grant in
the capture of Vicksburg, operating successfully to obtain possession
of the line of the Arkansas river, and clearing the state of guerrilla
and border war. With the Army of the Ohio, of which he was in
command, he took part in all the battles and operations of the entire
Atlanta campaign, viz., the demonstration at Buzzard Roost gap, the
battles of Resaca and Dallas, the movement against and engagements
near Lost mountain, the action of Kolb's farm, the battle of Kennesaw
mountain the passage of the Chattahoochee and the battles near and
siege of Atlanta, ending in the capture of that city on Sept. 2, 1864. In
October Gen. Schofield was sent by Gen. Sherman to the assistance
of Gen. George H. Thomas in Tennessee commanding the troops in
the field opposed to Gen. Hood from Nov. 3 till Dec.1. Falling back
from Pulaski to Columbia, skirmishing and from the latter place to
Spring Hill, he finally gave battle at Franklin on Nov. 30. He also
participated in the battle of Nashville, which terminated the
campaign, on Dec. 15 and 16, and was engaged in the pursuit of
Hood's army until Jan. 14, 1865. His commission of brigadier-general
in the U. S. army was dated from the battle of Franklin, and on March
13, 1865, he also received the rank of brevet major-general, U. S. A.,
for "gallant and meritorious services" in the same battle. Gen.
Schofield then operated with Gen. Sherman in the final campaign
against Gen. Johnston, and after the surrender he remained in
command of the Department of North Carolina until June 21.
