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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 10 10 Browse Search
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John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter II (search)
d were even more fully occupied than usual, mostly by families of planters from the rice plantations of South Carolina. Hospitality was unbounded, and of the most charming character. Nothing I have experienced at home or in the great capitals of Europe has surpassed or dimmed the memory of that first introduction to Southern society. In December, 1853, the order came announcing my appointment as second lieutenant, 1st Artillery, and directing me to join Battery D at Fort Capron, Indian River, Florida. A steamer took me to Palatka, stopping a short time at Jacksonville, which was then little more than a landing on the St. John's River. After a week's delay at Palatka, another little mail-steamer carried me and a few other passengers up the river to Lake Monroe, whence a mule served for transportation across to New Smyrna, on Mosquito Lagoon, opposite the inlet. It was a great day's sport going up the river. The banks seemed almost lined with alligators, and the water covered w
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Index (search)
ter, Maj.-Gen., David, factional troubles under his administration in Missouri, 95 I Idaho, obstruction of railroads in, 512 Illinois, the Schofield family removes from New York to, 1; Rev. James Schofield's mission work in, 1; the labor riots of 1894, 493 et seq. Independence, Mo., Ewing and S. at, 84 Indiana, a young soldier representative of, 155, 156; to be called on for militia, 322 Indian Bureau, the, the Modoc outbreak and, 435, 436; abuse of its powers, 436 Indian River, Fla., travel on, 19, 23; service on, 19-25; military operations on, 23 Indians, protection against raids by, 426, 428, 435-438; results of broken faith with, 436-438; the problem of restraint of, 487-489; threatened outbreak by, 488; battle of Wounded Knee, 488; enlistment of, 488, 489; allotments in severalty, 489; civilization of, 489; campaigns against, 514, 515 Indian Territory, S. reclaims the, 90; included in Division of the Gulf, 447 Infantry and Cavalry School, 460 Influ