John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army

Texas, proposed military operations in, 381, 382

Thirty-eighth Illinois Volunteers, action at Fredericktown, 51-53

Thirty-third Illinois Volunteers, action at Fredericktown, 51-53

Thomas, Maj.-Gen. George H., S. reports to, at Murfreesboroa, 66; S. requests to be sent to, is ordered to join, and reports to, 161, 164, 165, 190, 344; proposal that he reinforce S., 115; at Chattanooga, 115; unwieldy size of his army, 122, 139, 189; affection of his troops for ‘Old Pap Thomas,’ 123, 239, 242; in the Atlanta campaign, 123, 124, 126, 129-131, 140, 142, 144, 147-149, 154, 157-159, 232; relations with Hooker, 136; in battle of Resaca, 140; on the extension of the lines, June 24-25, 1864, 142; opposed to the assault at Kenesaw Mountain, 144; battle of Atlanta, 147, 148; his opinion of Gen. Palmer, 151: opinion of Sherman's proposed movement against Atlanta, 153; battle of Jonesboroa, 157, 158; Stanley reports to, 158; doubts the capture of Atlanta, 159; position and concentration of troops at Nashville, and delays to move against Hood, 161,163, 166, 220 et seq., 231, 236 et seq., 243, 249, 252, 254, 259-261, 271, 283-285, 294-296, 301, 302, 319, 320, 325, 326, 328, 329, 336; orders S. to defend Caperton's Ferry, 162; disapproves S.'s plan to entrap Hood, 162; ordered to operate against Hood, 163; commanding Department of the Cumberland, 163, 247; varying conditions of strength as compared with Hood, 163, 164, 190-199, 237, 247, 248, 252, 255, 259-262, 284, 288, 300-302, 308, 314, 319; reinforcements sent to, 164, 165, 168, 170, 171, 184, 185, 190-199; 206-208, 225, 284, 285, 290, 307, 308, 315, 319-322, 325, 326, 330, 344; orders S. to Tullahoma and Pulaski, 165-167; orders S. to Nashville, 165; faults in his instructions to S., 166, 167; accepts S.'s suggestions, 167; his mistake in sending troops to Pulaski, 167; comment by S. on his official report, 167; relations with S., 167, 169, 189, 190, 200, 202, 225-227, 238, 239, 241, 242, 247, 252, 273, 276-298; fails to send reinforcements to Columbia, 168; proposes to take personal command at Columbia, 168; urges holding the line of Duck River, 168, 171, 207; approves S.'s actions, 169; his operations obstructed by civilian red tape, 169; reasons for lack of concert between S. and, 169; the situation at Spring Hill reported to, 174; neglect to furnish bridge at Franklin, 175, 176, 219, 249, 281, 282; his military duty to provide for his army, 176; advantages of delay to, 185, 186; A. J. Smith ordered to reinforce, and his delays in reaching Nashville, 185, 187, 190-194, 196, 211-213; Sherman's criticism on his course at Franklin, 187; correspondence between S. and, filed at the War Department, 188; at West Point, 189; his military experience and promotions, 189; service in Mexico, 189: military genius, 190, 242; constitutional habit of deliberate action, 190, 237, 242, 271, 302; supposed estimate of his own strength, 191; his estimate of Hood's strength, 191, 308; his cavalry, 192; Sherman's instructions to, 193,194,197-200; wisdom of his defensive policy, 194; possibilities of moving against Hood from Pulaski or Columbia, 194-197; his policy of holding on to his railroads, 194, 195, 197; slow to realize his needs and his means, 195 et seq.; his purpose to fight at Columbia, 195; in doubt as to Hood's movements, 196 et seq.; his principal fault in the Nashville campaign, 197; his attitude at Nashville explained to Grant, 198; necessity of his assuming the offensive, 198 et seq.; object in preferring S. over Stanley, 199; recognizes the duty of a general to command in person, 199, 200, 286, 287 ; devotion to duty, 200; gives S. free hand, 202; approves S.'s actions at Columbia, 204; sends reinforcements to S., 205; anxiety to hold Hood in check, 205, 206, 220 et seq., 231; advisability of his sending Steedman to S., 205; concentration of troops by, at Murfreesboroa, 206; plans the drawing of Hood across Duck River, 211; advises S. to retreat to Franklin, 212; orders Hammond to Spring Hill, 217; difficulties of communicating with, 218; desires to hold Franklin, 221, 223; failure properly to support S., 222, 223; orders S. to fall back to Nashville, 224, 226; S.'s report of the battle of Franklin, 225; congratulates S., 225, 226; S. reports to, at Nashville, 226; remounting his cavalry, 236, 271, 284, 285, 300; ordered to attack Hood or resign command, 237 ; calls a military council, 237, 238; upheld by his commanders, 238; S.'s loyalty to, 238, 239, 241, 242; Logan ordered to relieve , 239, 240; sits in court-martial on S. at West Point, 241; difficulty of calm discussion of his military career, 241; saved by S. from assignment to inferior command, 241; S.'s legitimate revenge on, 241; courage and patriotism, 242, 250, 278, 297; battle of Nashville, 242-254, 260-275, 290-296; alterations in his plans of battle, 243, 244; surprised at Hood's giving second day's battle, 245; assignments of credit for the battle of Nashville, 246; congratulated by S., 247; blunder of sending pontoons to Murfreesboroa, 249; energy and determination, 249, 250; announces Hood's flight across the Tennessee, 251; puts his army into winter quarters, 251, 255; plans spring campaign, 251-253, 255-257; assigns new regiments to S., 253, 254; proposes campaigns in Mississippi and Alabama, 253, 255, 256; Grant's anxiety and impatience at his delays, and preparations for his removal, 255, 260, 295, 325; inactivity, 255-257; considers war the normal condition of the country, 256, 257; sends cavalry to S., 258; interview with Wood, Dec. 15, 1864, 263; gave no orders for battle of Dec. 16, 1864, 263 et seq.; order to Wilson, Dec. 15, 1864, 263-265; disappearance of his orders from the records, 265; order to S., Dec. 15, 1864, 269; bestows credit on S., 273; use of the word ‘continued,’ 274; commanding the Army of the Cumberland, 275; promoted, major-general, U. S. A., 276,