Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Curtis” in chapter 5, page 68 of John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army:
...r Sir: Having relieved General Curtis and assigned you to the command of the Department of the Missouri, I think it may be of some advantage for me to state to you why I did it.
I did not relieve General Curtis because of any full conviction that he had done wrong by commission or omission.
I did
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