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John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XVIII (search)
ly important object. Grant at Donelson, Vicksburg, and in Virginia best illustrated this kind of strategy. Halleck was probably the chief of the territorial strategists of our Civil War period. In the winter of 1861– 1862 the counties of north Missouri bordering on the Missouri River were infested with guerrillas. Halleck sent Pope, with a force of all arms amounting to a considerable army, to clear them out. Pope marched in triumph from one end of that tier of counties to the other, and Halleck then informed me with evident satisfaction that north Missouri was cleared of rebels, and that the war was ended in that part of the State! In fact, the guerrillas, flushed like a flock of quail by Pope's advance-guard, had taken to the bush until the rear-guard had passed out of sight, and then were found feeding again on their old ground. I felt greatly complimented when Halleck, on his return from Corinth to St. Louis, en route to Washington to take command of the army, gave me a
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XXIII (search)
ason he had not called to greet me. So when I returned to St. Louis in March, 1869, the good citizens of that place gave me a banquet and a most cordial welcome, in which all participated, save one, of those who had seemed to be my most bitter enemies in 1862 and 1863. It was especially noteworthy that the Hon. Charles D. Drake, who had been chairman of the large delegation which went to Washington, and one of the recognized leaders in the movement, to obtain my removal from the command in Missouri, was among the most cordial in his expressions of esteem and regard from March, 1869, up to the time of his death, at which time I was in command of the army. But his principal associate, the Hon. Henry T. Blow, could not forgive me, for what thing especially I do not know, unless for my offense in arresting a loyal editor, for which he denounced me in a telegram to the President. That was, no doubt, a very grave offense, but a natural one for a young soldier. Indeed, old as I am now, a
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XXXI (search)
te to make herein any general comments upon his military operations. But I cannot close this account of events so closely connected with my own official life without making acknowledgment of my obligations to that great-hearted man for the justice, kindness, and generosity which he invariably manifested toward me whenever occasion offered. It was General Grant whose voluntary application, in the winter of 1863-4, relieved me from the disagreeable controversy with partizan politicians in Missouri, and gave me command of an army in the field. It was upon his recommendation that my services in that command were recognized by promotion from the grade of captain to that of brigadier-general in the regular army and brevet major-general for services in the battle of Franklin. It was Grant who, upon my suggestion, ordered me, with the Twenty-third Corps, from Tennessee to North Carolina, to take part in the closing operations of the war, instead of leaving me where nothing important rema
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Index (search)
54; assigns S. to command special militia of Missouri, 56; notifies S. of movement to depose him, 5ritorial strategy, 358, 359; plan of clearing Missouri of rebels, 358, 359; at St. Louis, 359; takesactional troubles under his administration in Missouri, 95 I Idaho, obstruction of railroads in in, hostile to S., 80; Curtis's strength in Missouri and, 90; S.'s strength in Missouri and, 90; aaj.-Gen. George B., suggestion by, as to tile Missouri special militia, 55; discussions on his campa32-534 Negroes, question of recruiting, in Missouri, 73; question of suffrage for, 373, 374, 376;ws with, 389 Republican party, downfall in Missouri, 77; reconstruction under, 354; apprehensions in, concerning arming of disloyal persons in Missouri, 104, 105 St. Louis, Mo., S.'s residences,forces Rosecrans, 90; hostile delegation from Missouri and Kansas goes to Washington concerning, 91,onville, 37 Second U. S. Dragoons, service in Missouri, 37 Second U. S. Infantry, service in Miss[96 more...]
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