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John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XIII (search)
ut of him on that occasion, and he has shown very little since. Now I reckon he has n't any left. I barely succeeded in delaying Hood until Thomas could get A. J. Smith and Steedman to Nashville, when he became abundantly strong, and after getting Wilson's cavalry together moved out and gave Hood a most thorough beating with all ease. The fact is, Hood's army showed scarcely any fight at all. I have never seen anybody except Jeff Thompson so easily beaten. Stoneman has cleaned out Breckinridge and destroyed the salt-works and everything else in southwest Virginia; so all together matters are in pretty good shape in this part of the military division. Thomas has given me nine new regiments, and promises three more. These will make a pretty good division for new troops. All this being true, I take it the objects for which I was left in this part of the country have been accomplished, and I would like very much to be with you again, to take part in the future operations of
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XVIII (search)
im; but he desired me to remain in immediate command, as I was next in rank, and we could not tell what might happen. He took some others with him, but I believe had no one present in the room to assist him in his discussion with Johnston and Breckinridge. At his last interview I accompanied him, by his special request. On meeting at Bennett's House, after the usual salutations Generals Sherman and Johnston retired to the conference room, and were there a long time with closed doors. At lengorder in which their names were written. It seems to me a little singular that neither General Sherman nor General Johnston thought the circumstances above referred to worthy of being preserved in memory, and I am not quite willing that General Breckinridge shall carry off all the honor of assisting the great commanders to make memoranda and military conventions at Bennett's House. But Sherman and Johnston were writing their own defense, and it was natural that they should omit matter not p
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Index (search)
.'s friendship with, 7, 8 Boonville, Mo., S. joins Gen. Lyon at, 35; battle of, 37 Border Guards, in Missouri, 78 Boston Mountains, military operations in the, 61 Boynton, Brig.-Gen. H. V., supports S. in the Thomas dispute, 297 Breckinridge, Maj.-Gen. John C., in the Sherman-Johnston negotiations, 351,352 Brentwood, Tenn., request for ammunition to be sent to, 187; proposal to send Smith to, 221, 223-225; S. proposes to stand at, 223-225; proposal to send Steedman to, 225; S.'praise for his services, 183 Stevenson, Ala., necessity for railroad guards near, 197; as base of supplies for Sherman, 304; Fourth Corps ordered to, 317 Stickney, Ben, sports at Hat Island, 428 Stoneman, Maj.-Gen., George, defeats Breckinridge, 254; campaign in southwest Virginia, 254 Strawberry Plains, Tenn., Longstreet advances to, 114; occupied by S., 115 Stuart, Lieut.-Gen. James E. B., S.'s acquaintance with, at West Point, 154; Sheridan's defeat of, before Richmond, 154