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John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XVIII (search)
s 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 HalPope 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 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 full explanation of his siege of Corinth, including his application of the standard European tactics of a former generation, with its rule of 10,000 men to the mile i
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XXV (search)
t least been guilty of acting upon what he supposed to be his own better judgment under the circumstances he found to exist, instead of in strict obedience to General Pope's orders. He said that that was not the case; that he had not even literally disobeyed orders; that in so far as he had acted upon his own judgment, he had loyally done all that could be done to carry out General Pope's wishes; and that all he wanted was an opportunity to prove such to be the facts. I replied that if he could prove what he stated beyond question, he would of course have a case worthy of consideration—not otherwise. Nothing was said in respect to the facts or the evidr of any other military offense. But I could not find one, except the very patent one that he had sent despatches to Burnside which were by no means respectful to Pope; and the board expressed an opinion in condemnation of that, which Porter's counsel very frankly admitted to be just. In the course of that long and earnest eff
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Index (search)
al persons, 104-106; election of a U. S. senator, 107; the President's political standing in, 108, 109; Halleck commanding in, 111; Gen. Rosecrans appointed to command in, 112; reinforcements for Thomas from, 284, 285, 290, 321, 325; Halleck's and Pope's plan of clearing rebels from, 358, 359 Missouri River, the, military operations on, 37; guerrilla warfare on, 358, 359 Missouri United States Reserve Corps, the, organization of, 35 Mobile, Ala., proposed movements against, 253, 312, 31tion at Fredericktown, Mo., Oct. 21, 1861, 52, 53 Political education, necessity of, 355, 356 Political surgery, 365 Politicians, responsibility for the war, 229; as generals, 355 Politics, their evil influence in the Civil War, 517 Pope, Maj.-Gen. John, method of clearing Missouri of rebels, 358, 359; the case of Fitz-John Porter and, 461, 462 Popular government, education the foundation of, 533 Porter, Adm. David D., trip by Grant and S. to visit, 294, 295; in military con