John M. Schofield and the politics of generalship / Donald B. Connelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Connelly, Donald B.

Series:

Civil War America.

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

Civil-military relations--United States--History--19th century.

Civil-military relations.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

United States.

United States. Army--Biography.

United States. Army--History--19th century.

Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906.

Schofield, John McAllister.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (488 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the first full biography of Lieutenant General John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906), Donald B. Connelly examines the career of one of the leading commanders in the western theater during the Civil War. In doing so, Connelly illuminates the role of politics in the formulation of military policy, during both war and peace, in the latter half of the nineteenth century.Connelly relates how Schofield, as a department commander during the war, had to cope with contending political factions that sought to shape military and civil policies. Following the war, Schofield occupied every senio

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-450) and index.

ISBN:

9798890879059

9780807877081

0807877085

OCLC:

476236512