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Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906. Papers of John McAllister Schofield, 1837-1906 (bulk 1862-1895).

Title: Papers of John McAllister Schofield, 1837-1906 (bulk 1862-1895).

Correspondence, diary (1863), journals (1876-1891), military papers (special field orders, telegrams, and endorsements), memoranda, reports, despatches, financial records, court-martial papers, mss. and notes of speeches, articles and a memoir, maps, memorabilia, and printed material. Pertains chiefly to field operations in Missouri where Schofield commanded the "Army of the Frontier" and later the Dept. of the Missouri; operations of the Dept. and Army of the Ohio in Sherman's Atlanta campaign; Union victories at Franklin and Nashville, Tenn.; Schofield's service in 1865-1866 as confidential agent of the State Dept. to persuade French officials to recall forces of Maxmilian in Mexico; Reconstruction in Virginia under Schofield (1866-1868); and Andrew Johnson's fight with Congress. Nearly half of the collection concerns Schofield's service as commander of the Depts. of Missouri (1869-1870) and of the Pacific (1870-1876); as Superintendent of the Military Academy (1876-1881); and as commander of the Military Divisions of the Gulf, the Pacific, the Missouri, and Atlantic (1881-1888). Many papers relate to his command of the Army (1888-1895). Subjects mentioned in the postwar period are Indian affairs, civilian-military relations, the Fitz John Porter case, coastal defense, labor strikes and unrest in Chicago and on the western railroads, and the role of the commander of the Army in relation to the Secretary of War. Correspondents include Francis P. Blair, Jr., Jacob D. Cox, Ulysses S. Grant, Henry Wager Halleck, Fitz-John Porter, Philip H. Sheridan, William T. Sherman, and Alfred Howe Terry.

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