46 Facts About John Schofield

John McAllister Schofield was an American soldier who held major commands during the American Civil War.

John Schofield was appointed US Secretary of War under President Andrew Johnson and later served as Commanding General of the United States Army.

John McAllister Schofield was born September 29,1831, in Gerry, Chautauqua County, New York, the son of the Reverend James Schofield and his first wife, the former Caroline Schofield.

When John was 12, they finally settled in Freeport, Illinois, where Rev Schofield became the town's first Baptist minister in 1845, and where he was ultimately buried in 1888.

John Schofield sold land for travel expenses and reported on June 1,1849.

John Schofield was dismissed from West Point, but after meeting with Illinois' US Senator Stephen A Douglas, appealed the decision to the Secretary of War, who referred the matter back to a Board of Inquiry at the Academy.

John Schofield graduated in 1853, ranking seventh in his class, and was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the artillery.

John Schofield's career seemed stalled, so he took leave, to work as professor of physics at Washington University in St Louis.

John Schofield became a major in the 1st Missouri Infantry Regiment and served as chief of staff to Maj.

John Schofield acted with "conspicuous gallantry" during the battle, and decades later received the Medal of Honor for that action.

John Schofield was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on November 21,1861.

John Schofield commanded the District of St Louis from that date to 10 April 1862, the Military District of Missouri from 5 June to 24 September 1862, and the District of Southwest Missouri to 10 November 1862.

John Schofield led the Army of the Frontier from 12 October 1862 to 30 May 1863.

John Schofield was promoted to major general of volunteers on November 29,1862 at the age of 31, making him one of the youngest major generals in the Civil War.

John Schofield was eventually relieved of duty in the West, at his own request, due to altercations with his superior Samuel R Curtis.

From 17 April to 10 May 1863, John Schofield led the 3rd Division in the XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland.

John Schofield returned to Missouri as commander of the Department of Missouri from 24 May 1863 to 30 January 1864.

Lincoln backed John Schofield's position, attributed the carnage to wartime conditions rather than the commander's inadequacy, and instructed John Schofield to respect civil liberties unless assemblies or newspapers were working palpable harm to the military.

In 1864, as commander of the Army of the Ohio, Schofield participated in the Atlanta Campaign under Major General William T Sherman.

John Schofield was sent to cut off Hardee's retreat at Jonesboro but failed to move.

John Schofield became embroiled in a further controversy, when placed under General Stanley commanding the US IV Corps, on August 30,1864.

However, during the buildup towards the battle John Schofield intrigued against Thomas, feeding Grant false information, in order to try to succeed his senior in command.

General John Schofield joined the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, a military society composed of officers of the Union armed forces and their descendants.

When Radicals took over that convention and proposed to disenfranchise former Confederates John Schofield voiced concerns about corruption to Congress as well as his commander, General Ulysses Grant.

John Schofield then served for a year as head of the Department of Missouri, the Army's second largest military department.

In 1873, John Schofield was given a secret task by Secretary of War William Belknap to investigate the strategic potential of a United States presence in the Hawaiian Islands.

John Schofield's report recommended that the United States establish a naval port at Pearl Harbor.

John Schofield claimed that he had been attacked by fellow cadets, but the administration claimed he had fabricated his story to win sympathy.

John Schofield then served in the Department of the Gulf, the Military Division of the Pacific, the Military Division of the Missouri, and the Military Division of the Atlantic.

John Schofield went to France to witness military maneuvers there.

John Schofield was the first President of the Army and Navy Club.

John Schofield supported military professionalism, including subordination to the civilian Secretary of War.

John Schofield supported adoption of lineal promotions and initiated performance reviews which limited political patronage considerations from the promotion process.

General John Schofield received the Medal of Honor on July 2,1892 for his actions at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in 1861.

Lieutenant General John Schofield retired on September 29,1895, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 64.

William Bartlett John Schofield survived to adulthood and began a US Army career, rising to Major, as did Richmond McAlister John Schofield.

At age 60, in Keokuk, Iowa in June 1891, John Schofield remarried, to 27-year-old Georgia Wells Kilbourne, with whom he had a daughter, Georgiana.

John Schofield was the daughter of George Kilbourne, and was named Georgia for her father.

John Schofield attended school in New York, and afterwards studied abroad.

John Schofield was in charge of Military District No 1 in Virginia, his brother Elisha McAllister Schofield was the assessor for the City of Richmond, Virginia and was among many killed on April 26,1870 as a result of the infamous collapse of the balcony at the State Capitol during a session of the Virginia Court of Appeals.

Avery Delano Andrews and his wife Mary Campbell John Schofield Andrews are buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

General John Schofield became an honorary companion of the Military Order of Foreign Wars.

General John Schofield died at St Augustine, Florida on March 4,1906.

Today, John Schofield is remembered for a lengthy quotation that all cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point, The Citadel, Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, and the United States Air Force Academy are required to memorize.

John Schofield who feels the respect which is due to others cannot fail to inspire in them respect for himself.

General John Schofield was posthumously entitled to the Civil War Campaign Medal and the Indian Campaign Medal.