John McAllister Schofield
Born: September 29, 1831
Birthplace: Gerry, New York
Father: Rev. James Schofield 1801 – 1888
(Buried: Freeport City Cemetery, Freeport, Illinois)
Mother: Caroline McAllister 1810 – 1857
(Buried: Freeport City Cemetery, Freeport, Illinois)
1st Wife: Harriet Whitehorn Bartlett 1833 – 1888
(Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York)
2nd Wife: Georgia Wells Kilbourne 1864 - 1927
(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York)
Children:
John Rathbone Schofield 1858 – 1868
(Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York)
Major William Bartlett Schofield 1860 – 1906
(Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California)
Henry Halleck Schofield 1862 – 1863
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri)
Mary Campbell Schofield Andrews 1865 – 1945
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Colonel Richmond McAllister Schofield 1867 – 1941
(Buried: River View Cemetery, Portland, Oregon)
Georgia Schofield Outhwaite 1897 – 1950
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Saint Augustine, Florida)
Education:
1853: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (7th in class)
Occupation before War:
1853: Brevet, 2nd Lt. of United States Army, Artillery
1853: Garrison Duty at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina
1853 – 1855: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Artillery
1854 – 1855: Served in the Seminole War in Florida
1855 – 1861: 1st Lt. United States Army, 1st Artillery
1855 – 1856: Assistant Philosophy Professor at West Point
1856 – 1860: Principal Assistant Professor at West Point
1860 – 1861: Leave of Absence from United States Army
1860 – 1861: Physics Professor at Washington University
Civil War Career:
1861: Mustering Officer for the State of Missouri
1861: Major of 1st Missouri Volunteers
1861: Major of 1st Missouri Artillery
1861: Declined rank of Captain of U.S. Army, 11th Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1864: Captain of United States Army, 1st Artillery
1861: Chief of Staff to Brig. General Nathaniel Lyon
1861: Served in the Battle of Dug Springs, Missouri
1861: Served in the Skirmish at Curran Post Office, Missouri
1861: Served in the Battle of Wilson’s Creek, Missouri
1861: Served in the fighting at Fredericktown, Missouri
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General of Missouri State Militia
1861 – 1862: Commander of Missouri State Militia
1861: Member of Board to examine fitness of Mississippi Gun Flotilla
1862: Union Army Commander of District of St. Louis, Missouri
1862 – 1863: Union Army Commander, Army of the Frontier
1862 – 1863: Union Army Commander, District of Southwest Missouri
1862 – 1866: Major General of Union Army, Volunteers
1863: Union Army Commander of 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps
1863 – 1864: Union Army Commander, Department of the Missouri
1864 – 1865: Union Army Commander, Army of the Ohio
1864: Served in the Battle of Resaca, Georgia
1864: Served in the Battle of Dallas, Georgia
1864: Union Army Commander at Battle of Kolb’s Farm, Georgia
1864: Served in the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia
1864: In pursuit of Hood’s Army from Florence, Alabama to Tennessee
1864: Union Army Commander at Battle of Franklin, Tennessee
1864 – 1869: Brigadier General in United States Army
1864: Corps Commander at the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee
1864: In Pursuit of Hood and the Confederate Army of Tennessee
1865: Union Army Commander, Department of North Carolina
1865: Captured Fort Anderson and Wilmington, North Carolina
1865: Brevetted Major General for Gallantry, at Battle of Franklin
1865: Present at the surrender of General Joseph Johnston’s Army
1865: Union Army Commander, Department of North Carolina
1865 – 1866: Special Duty in Europe for U.S. Army
1866 – 1867: Union Army Commander, Department of Potomac
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on September 1st
Occupation after War:
1864 – 1869: Brigadier General in United States Army
1866 – 1867: U.S. Army Commander, Department of Potomac
1867 – 1868: U.S. Army Commander, First Military District
1868 – 1869: United States Secretary of U.S. War Department
1869 – 1895: Major General in United States Army
1869 – 1870: U.S. Army Commander, Department of Missouri
1869 – 1870: President of U.S. Army Board of Tactics and Small Arms
1870 – 1876: U.S. Army Commander, Division of the Pacific
1872 – 1873: Special Mission to the Hawaiian Islands
1876: Member of U.S. Army Board Revising Army Regulations
1876 – 1881: Superintendent of West Point Military Academy
1878 – 1879: President of Board of inquiry for Fitz John Porter
1881: U.S. Army Commander, Division of the Gulf
1882 – 1883: U.S. Army Commander, Department of California
1882 – 1886: President of U.S. Army Military Prison Board
1883 – 1886: U.S. Army Commander, Division of the Missouri
1886 – 1888: U.S. Army Commander, Department of the East
1888 – 1895: Commanding General of United States Army
1892: Recipient of the Medal of Honor for service at Wilson’s Creek
1895: Lt. General by Special act of U.S. Congress in February
1895: Retired from United States Army on September 29th
1897: Author of Forty – Six Years in the Army
1901: Spoke before congress in support of Army Reorganization Act
1903: Spoke before Congress in support of Dick Act of 1903
Last Surviving member of Andrew Johnson’s Presidential Cabinet
Died: March 4, 1906
Place of Death: Saint Augustine, Florida
Cause of Death: Effects from a Stroke
Age at time of Death: 74 years old
Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
Medal of Honor Citation | The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Major John McAllister Schofield, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on August 10th, 1861, while serving with 1st Missouri Infantry, in action at Wilson's Creek, Missouri. Major Schofield was conspicuously gallant in leading a regiment in a successful charge against the enemy. |
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