biography
| name: |
Schofield, John McAllister
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pronunciation:
[skohfeeld]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1831–1906)
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| biography:
| US soldier, born in Gerry, New York, USA. The son of a Baptist clergyman, he trained at West Point (1853), served in Florida, taught at West Point, and was on leave of absence to teach at Washington University (St Louis) when the Civil War began. He was assigned to duty in Missouri and held a series of administrative posts during the first years of the war. He commanded the Twenty-third Corps of the Army of the Ohio in the Atlanta campaign (1864) and at the battles of Franklin and Nashville (1864), and also saw action in the final march through the Carolinas. He served as superintendent of West Point (1876–81), and ended his long military career as commanding general of the army (1888–95). |
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