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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 61 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 5 1 Browse Search
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army 4 0 Browse Search
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War 2 0 Browse Search
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox 1 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 9: Poetry and Eloquence. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 1 1 Browse Search
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John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XXII (search)
orders to the army without the knowledge of any one of his superiors—the President, the Secretary of War, or the general-in-chief. In fact, the adjutantgeneral had in practice come very near being commander-in-chief. Some time and much patience were required to bring about the necessary change, but ere long the result became very apparent. Perfect harmony was established between the War Department and the headquarters of the army, and this continued, under the administrations of Secretaries Proctor, Elkins, and Lamont, up to the time of my retirement from active service. During all this period,—namely, from 1889 to 1895, under the administrations of Presidents Harrison and Cleveland,—the method I have indicated was exactly followed by the President in all cases of such importance as to demand his personal action, and some such cases occurred under both administrations. The orders issued were actually the President's orders. No matter by whom suggested or by whom formulated, t<
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Index (search)
n case of, 443; review of his case, 460-466; restored to the army, 460; appeals to S. in 1868, 460, 461; despatches to Burnside, 462 Porter, Col., Horace, mission from Grant to Sherman, 306 Posse Comitatus Act, the, 509 Potomac River, the, S.'s troops delayed in, 294, 346 Powder Spring Road, Ga., military operations on the, 135 Prairie Grove, Ark., battle of, 62-6??? Press, a false freedom of the, 425 Price, Maj.-Gen., Sterling, defeated by Lyon at Boonville, 37 Proctor, Redfield, Secretary of War, 423. See also War Department. Professional patriots, 539, 540 Provisional government, 376, 377 Public service, the path to success in the, 480-483 Puget Sound, protecting the Northern Pacific Railroad at, 511 Pulaski, Tenn., expectations of Thomas concentrating at, 164, 194, 289, 290; S. ordered to, commanding at, and movements near, 165-167, 200, 201, 282—285, 287, 288, 319; the Fourth Corps at, 165, 166, 285; Stanley ordered to, 165, 288, 290; the Tw