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John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter II (search)
route and my general knowledge of the country, and prepared a very beautiful map and a quite elaborate itinerary, with which the inspector-general seemed greatly pleased. But I took great care, in addition, to send a man with him who had been with me, and who was a good guide, so I felt quite safe respecting any possible imperfections that the inspector-general might find in my work. I never heard anything more about that matter until General Sherman and I met General Canby at Portland in 1870. At that time we had a little laugh at my expense respecting the beauty of that map of mine, and the accuracy with which I had delineated the route. But as I was then a major-general, and Canby was a brigadier-general under my command, I was not subjected to the just criticism I deserved for having forgotten that map and itinerary at the time I made the march. The next step in the strategical operations designed by the War Department for Florida was the occupation of Fort Jupiter, and th
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XXIII (search)
nd thus overcome any objection which might be urged on the ground that the barracks at Fort Riley were needed for cavalry. The school was organized, under Colonel John Hamilton; the batteries did good service as cavalry in the summers of 1869 and 1870; and all was working, as I thought, in a highly satisfactory manner so long as I remained in command of that department. But after I went to California, for some inscrutable reason the school was broken up and the batteries again scattered to sept Fort Riley a school of cavalry and light artillery. The result finally attained, when I was in command of the army, is well known, and is an honor to the country. The department headquarters were removed to St. Louis during the winter of 1869-70 to make room at Fort Leavenworth for the cavalry who had been on the plains during the summer. I then had the pleasure of renewing the intimate friendships which had been formed between 1860 and 1863 in that most hospitable city. Even those ties
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Index (search)
78; transferred from the Department of the Missouri to the Division of the Missouri, 425; succeeded by S., 425, 459; interest in the cavalry service, 427; Sherman's desire to retire in favor of, 449; succeeds Sherman, 453; selects site of Fort Sheridan, 454, 455; services to Chicago, 455; death and burial, 467; action on the retirement for age bill, 481 Sherman, Rev., Thomas, performs services at his father's funeral, 542 Sherman, Lieut.-Gen. William T., S.'s meeting with at Portland in 1870, 24; promoted to command the Military Division of the Mississippi, 109, 116; siege of Knoxville raised by, 113; approves S.'s services and policy, 118; at Knoxville, 118, 119; opinion of the Twenty-third Corps, 120; the spirit of S.-s criticisms of, 121 et seq.; his Memoirs cited, 121, 122, 129, 134,135, 138, 142-144, 147, 149, 153, 157, 158, 161, 191, 308, 310, 321, 411, 412, 477; relations with and confidence in S., 121 et seq., 134, 164, 165, 252, 341, 342, 541, 542; the organization of hi