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GREAT AUTOGRAPH LETTER CIVIL WAR GEN. JOHN M. SCHOFIELD
A rare, postwar letter re: autographs of Lincoln!!! A rare opportunity to own a fantastic Civil War (postwar) autograph letter from this general You are invited to bid on one of many lots to come of a HUGE library of documents, all in terrific condition for libraries, collectors, or booksellers. This document would make an outstanding addition to any American history library or collection or a great gift. are some images, too. Please examine the details and let me know by email if you have any questions. I am a well-known Civil War author, bibliographer, and book collector and I have a very large collection in my house. I have simply run out of room (!), and my paring down of the collection can be your opportunity to add to your collection. 1. SCHOFIELD, JOHN McALLISTER. (1831-1906). Bvt. Maj. Gen. USA. ALS on imprinted Governor's Island stationery, 1 p., 8vo., 5 1/4" by 8 1/4", New York, New York, October 20, 1887. To W. E. Mitchell, New York. "Dear Sir / I regret very much that it is not possible for me to send you an autograph of the late Pres. Lincoln. All I had were long since given away. / Yours very truly, J. M. Schofield, Maj. Gen. U.S.A." From Wikipedia: John McAllister Schofield (September 29, 1831 - March 4, 1906) was an American soldier who held major commands during the Civil War. He later served as U.S. Secretary of War and commanding general of the U.S. Army. Schofield was born in Gerry, New York, and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1853. He served for two years in the artillery, was assistant professor of natural and experimental philosophy at West Point from 1855 to 1860, and while on leave (1860-1861) was professor of physics at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. / Civil War / When the Civil War broke out, Schofield became a major in a Missouri volunteer regiment and served as chief of staff to Major General Nathaniel Lyon until Lyon's death during the Battle of Wilson's Creek (Missouri) in August 1861. Schofield acted with "conspicuous gallantry" during the battle, and was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1892 for that action. Schofield was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on November 21, 1861, and to major general on November 29, 1862. From 1861 to 1863 he performed various military duties in Missouri. On April 17, 1863, he took command of a division in the XIV Corps of the Army of the Cumberland. In 1864, as commander of the Army of the Ohio, he took part in the Atlanta Campaign under Major General William T. Sherman. Sherman, after the fall of Atlanta, took the majority of his forces on a March to the Sea through Georgia. Schofield's Army of the Ohio was detached to join Major General George H. Thomas in Tennessee. Confederate General John Bell Hood invaded Tennessee, and on November 30 Hood managed to attack Schofield's smaller Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Franklin. Schofield successfully fought off Hood and joined his forces with Thomas. On December 15 and December 16, Schofield took part in Thomas' crowning victory at the Battle of Nashville. For his services at Franklin he was awarded the rank of brigadier general in the Regular Army on November 30, 1864, and the brevet rank of major general on March 13, 1865. Ordered to operate with Sherman in North Carolina, Schofield moved his corps by rail and sea to Fort Fisher, North Carolina, in 17 days, occupied Wilmington on February 22, 1865, fought the action at Kinston on March 10, and on March 23 joined Sherman at Goldsboro. / Post-war / After the war, Schofield was sent on a special diplomatic mission to France, on account of the presence of French troops in Mexico. During Reconstruction, Schofield was appointed by President Andrew Johnson to serve as military governor of Virginia. From June 1868 to March 1869, Schofield served as Secretary of War. President Johnson had forced Edwin M. Stanton, a Radical Republican who had served as Secretary of War since 1862, from his cabinet. Schofield served in ... 
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