hide Matching Documents

Browsing named entities in John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army. You can also browse the collection for November or search for November in all documents.

Your search returned 7 results in 5 document sections:

John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter V (search)
he other. I am willing to pledge my official position that those who support me now will support me in the execution of any policy the President may order. They are the real friends of the government. It is impossible for me to be blind to this fact, notwithstanding the existence, to some extent, of the factional feeling to which you allude. The improvement produced by the order was so decided that publication of the President's approval was thought unnecessary. It only became public through his letter of October 1, 1863, of which he gave a copy to the radical delegation. In September the governor of Missouri placed all the militia of the State, including those not in active service, under my command. I published orders intended to control their action and prevent interference with political meetings; also to secure freedom of voting at the coming election in November. Several militia officers guilty of such interference were dismissed, which produced a wholesome effect.
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter VII (search)
ad not held the entire natural position as far east as the Connasauga River, Johnston could have passed round him in the night. It seems to me certain that McPherson's force was too small to have taken and held that position. Indeed it does not seem at all certain that, however large his force might have been, he could have put troops enough in position before night to accomplish the object of cutting off Johnston's retreat. The case was analogous to that of Hood's crossing Duck River in November of that year, and trying to cut off our retreat at Spring Hill. There was simply not time enough to do it in that one day, and if not done in one day it could not be done at all. So that it does not seem at all certain that this, which was Thomas's plan to throw the entire Army of the Cumberland on the road in Johnston's rear and thus cut off his retreat, would have succeeded any better than Sherman's, yet it gave greater promise of success, and therefore ought to have been tried. It i
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XVI (search)
the care of Thomas's inferior force. He said, for instance, in his despatch to Grant of November 2: If I could hope to overhaul Hood, I would turn against him with my whole force. . . . No single army can catch him. War Records, Vol. XXXIX, part III, p.594. Sherman had been catching Hood with a single army all summer, and without the slightest difficulty. What reason had he to conclude that it would be impossible to do so later? As my experience proved, it was as easy to catch him in November, though with a smaller force, as it had been in July and August with a much larger force, and Thomas had the same experience in December. As Sherman knew from his own experience, as well as I, whether the pursuing force was larger or smaller, Hood was about the easiest man in the world to catch, even by a single army. But Sherman had under his command at that time, in Georgia and Tennessee, as he said with great emphasis and confidence, two armies, each larger than Hood's, even assuming t
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XXIV (search)
mmon. The conduct of the commander-in-chief of the army toward his subordinates has been generally kind and considerate in this country. But the few opposite examples have been quite enough to cloud the life of every officer of high rank with the constant apprehension of an insult which he could neither submit to nor resent. Soon after the inauguration of President Garfield, the Division of the Gulf was broken up, and I was permitted to visit Europe, as I had requested in the preceding November, until the President should be pleased to assign me to a command according to my rank. (Telegram.) Washington, D. C., May 3, 1881. General J. M. Schofield, Commanding Division, New Orleans, La.: In case the President will repeal the orders creating the new division and department, and agree to give you the Division of the Pacific in a year, will you be willing to take your leave to go abroad meantime? Telegraph me fully and frankly for use. W. T. Sherman, General. (Telegram—9
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Index (search)
, 453: Stanley, D. S., Nov. 29, 1864, 214: Stanton, Sept. 5, 1862, 57: Thomas, G. H., Nov. 19, 1864, 167, 200, 284, 287, 289, 290; Nov. 20, 167, 200-202, 284, 289; Nov. 24,194, 197, 202-205; Nov. 25, 204-207; Nov. 26, 204; Nov. 27, 204-207; Nov. 28, 175, 207-209, 211-214, 218; Nov. 29, 171, 176, 211-214, 217, 218; Nov. 30, 187, 22J. M., Nov. 19, 1864, 167, 200, 284, 287, 289, 290; Nov. 20, 167, 200-202, 284, 289; Nov. 24, 194, 197, 202-205; Nov. 25, 204-207; Nov. 26, 204; Nov. 27, 204-207 ; Nov. 28,175, 207-209, 211-214, 218; Nov. 29, 171, 176, 211-214, 217, 218; Nov. 30, 187, 220-225; Dec. 15, 265, 281; Dec. 16, 247: Sherman, W. T., Oct. 19, 1864, 191; Oct. 20, 317, 318; Oct. 31, 198; Nov. 1, 320; Nov. 7,199; Nov. 11, 321, 322; Nov. 12, 288, 301: Stanley, D. S., Nov. 8, 1864, 284, 290; Nov. 13, 166, 167: Stanton, E., 277, 279; Dec. 31, 1864, 280: Steedman. J. B., Nov. 25, 1864, 197: Twining, W. J., Nov. 30, 1864, 220: Wharton. H. C., Nov. 29, 1864, 228 Thomas, James L., lette