John M. Schofield
Date of Birth: September 29, 1831
Hometown: Gerry, NY
Education: West
Point, 1853
Final Wartime Rank: Major General
Final Peacetime Rank: Lieutenant General
Date of Death: March 4, 1906
Place of Death: St. Augustine, FL
Buried At:
Arlington National Cemetery
Major Battles: Wilson's Creek, Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Franklin, Battle of Nashville, Carolinas Campaign
Interesting Fact(s): Schofield was a teacher at the Military Academy, in Florida. At the Battle of Wilson's Creek, in southwest Missouri, Schofield was US Brigadier Nathanial Lyon's chief of staff. Schofield would provide valuable service to the United States, during the Atlanta Campaign, and his defense, at Franklin, TN would shatter CS Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's army. After the Civil War, Schofield would be Secretary of War, superintendent of West Point and would have command of the entire US Army after General Phil Sheridan died, in 1888. Schofield would be remembered for his recommendation that Pearl Harbor be obtained for a Pacific naval base.
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