Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Schofield” in chapter 30 of John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History:
...nd the pretense of war into the malicious execution of private vengeance.
President Lincoln drew a vivid picture of the chronic disorders in Missouri in reply to complaints demanding the removal of General Schofield from local military command:
We are in civil war. In such cases there always is a main question; but in this case that question is a perplexing compound-Union and slavery.
It thus becomes a...
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