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

[556] of his strategy, 358; attitude of Halleck toward, before Shiloh, 361; applies to be relieved before Shiloh, 361; refuses to be ‘McClellanized,’ 361, 362, 546; calmness under stress, 362; in Raleigh, 370; encourages the marketing of Southern produce, 372; selects S. to solve the Franco-Mexican problem, 379-382, 389-391; order to Sheridan concerning S.'s Mexican mission, 380-382; controversies with the War Department, and attempted and successful reforms therein, 407 et seq., 411, 412, 414 et seq., 421, 422, 437, 438, 478, 479; empowered by Congress to command the armies of the United States, 408 et seq.; controversy with Pres. Johnson, and views on the impeachment trial, 411-413, 416;, 418; opposes Stanton's removal, 411, 412; appointed Secretary of War ad interim, 412; at, Peabody Fund meeting at Richmond, 413; interviews and relations with S. concerning the War Department, 414 et seq.; assigns commands of departments and divisions, 425; attends Thomas's funeral, 429; attends meeting of the Society of Army of Potomac, 429; relations with Hancock, 430; urges S.'s superintendency at West Point, 439, 440; theory of military administration, 443; powers of argument, 463; on the Fitz-John Porter case, 462, 463, 465; S. takes an appeal to, 482; ancedote of a Treasury officer and the President, 483; assumption of command by, 523, 524; his military text-books, 523, 524; interest in the relations between the President and the general-in-chief, 539; greets S. as Secretary of War, 543; last thoughts for S., 543; his character, 543-547 Correspondence with: Johnson, A., Aug. 1, 1867, 411; Feb. 3, 1868, 412: Logan, J. A., Feb. 14, 1884, 239, 240; Feb. 23, 241. Schofield, J. M., Dec. 27, 1864, 252-254; May 10, 1865, 373-376; Jan. 24, 1866, 390, 391; April 18, 1868, 400, 401; April 25, 418; April 26, 418; July 12, 1881, 293, 294; Aug. 1, 294, 295: Sherman, W. T., April 4, 1864, 340; Sept. 12, 306, 333; Sept. 20, 306, 315, 333; Oct. 10, 315; Oct. 11, 307, 315-317, 323, 325; Oct. 22, 318, 325; Nov. 1, 310, 318, 319, 322, 325, 334; Nov. 2, 307, 319, 321, 325; Nov. 6, 310, 320, 333-335; Nov. 7, 320; Dec. 3, 327; Dec. 6, 327, 332, 333; Dec. 16, 327; Dec. 24, 327, 328, 334: Thomas, G. H., 252.

Graviere, Adm. de la, bombards and captures Vera Cruz, 388; relations with Napoleon III, 388, 389; friendship for the United States, 388, 389

Gresham, Walter Q., Secretary of State, 503, 512

Griffin, Ga., Hood assembles militia at, 319

Guerrilla warfare, 234, 235; fears of, after Lee's surrender, 350; in Missouri, 358, 359

Guitar, Col., denies rumor of expulsion of Union families, 93

Gulf of Mexico, national defenses on, 456, 458

Gulf States, the, proposed campaigns in, 253, 255, 256, 303, 326; Confederate strength in, 303; reunion of Hood's army in, 335; possibilities of Johnston's retreating to, 348; defense of, 456, 458

Guzman, Capt., courtesies to S., 392

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Hall, Willard P., lieutenant-governor of Missouri, 101; letter to S., Oct. 21, 1863, 101, 102

Halleck, Maj.-Gen. Henry W., relieves Fremont from command of Department of the Mississippi, 54; S. reports for duty to, 54; assigns S. to command special militia of Missouri, 56; notifies S. of movement to depose him, 59; goes to Washington, 60, 359; relations with S., 66, 68, 111, 360, 361; orders S. to send troops to Grant, 70; on the attitude of the Missouri factions, 77; orders Sanborn to report to S., 93; factional troubles under his administration in Missouri, 95, 96; offers S. command of the Department of the Ohio, 110; commanding in Missouri, 111; personal characteristics, 111; approves S.'s services and policy, 118; decides the question of relative rank between Stanley and S., 160; conversation with Thomas at San Francisco, 293; his territorial strategy, 358, 359; plan of clearing Missouri of rebels, 358, 359; at St. Louis, 359; takes command of the armies, 359; siege of Corinth, 359; antiquated tactics, 359; plan for campaign of 1864, 359; military education, 359, 360; singularity of conduct, 359-361; reflection on S.'s reputation, 360, 361; attitude toward Sherman, 360, 361; attitude toward Grant before Shiloh, 361 Correspondence with: Blair, F. P.,

Aug. 11, 12, 1862, 59, 60: Curtis, S. R., Feb. 1863, 65,: Schofield, J. M., Aug. 10, 1862, 59; Sept. 9, 60, 61; Jan. 31, 1863, 65, 66; Feb. 3, 65, 66; May 22, 68; July 7, 70; Sept. 3, 83; Sept. 26, 87; Sept. 30, 85-87; Oct. 2, 93; May 7, 1865, 370, 371: Sherman, W. T., Sept. 25, 1864, 333: Stanton, E., May 10, 1865, 360: Thomas, G. H., Nov. 28, 1864, 212

Hamilton, Col. John, organizes light-artillery school, 426

Hammond, Brig.-Gen. John H., needed at and ordered to Spring Hill, 209, 217, 258; battle of Nashville, 268

Hammond, Surg.-Gen. William A., board of review in case of, 443

Hampton Roads, Va., trip of Grant and S. to Cape Fear River from, 294, 295

Hancock, Maj.-Gen. Winfield S., service on military court with Thomas, 277; S.'s guest at Cabinet and Diplomatic dinner, 278; assigned to command Military Division of the Atlantic, 430; relations with Grant, 430; death and burial, 456; character, 456; succeeded in command by S., 456; action on the retirement for age bill, 481

Hardee, Lieut.-Gen. William J., battle of Jonesboro, 157; opportunity for Sherman to attack, 159

Hardin Turnpike, Tenn., military movements on, 264

Harney, Brig.-Gen. William S., commanding Department of the West, 32, 33; attitude at the outbreak of the war, 33; character and services, 33; S.'s relations with, 33; relieved from duty, 33, 35

Harpeth River, the, military movements on, 171, 175-177, 181, 184-186, 218, 219, 221-224, 228, 233, 244, 248-250, 264, 282; Thomas advises S. to retreat behind the, 212; Thomas asked to bridge the, 219; crossed by S., 221-224; lack of bridge over, 221,