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John M. Schofield & the politics of generalship /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Connelly, Donald B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2006]
Series:Civil War America (Series)
Subjects:
Schofield, John McAllister, > 1831-1906.
Generals > United States > Biography.
United States. > Army > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
United States. > Army > History > 19th century.
Civil-military relations > United States > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Early years
  • Saving Missouri
  • Take care of Missouri
  • If both factions shall abuse you
  • Escape to the front
  • The Franklin-Nashville campaign
  • To the east--to the end
  • Soldier-statesman
  • Secretary of War
  • The rocky road of reform
  • The mistake of my life
  • Uncertain future
  • Incremental reformer
  • In retirement and in retrospect.