What is John Schofield?
'''John Schofield''' was a Union general in the [[American Civil War]]. He was born in 1831 in [[Ohio]]. He graduated from the [[United States Military Acadamy]] in 1853. He fought mostly in the [[Western Theater of the American Civil War|Western Theater]] of the Civil War. After the war, he was Secretary of War from June 1868 to March 1869. He was the commanding general of the U.S. army from 1888 to 1895, when he retired. He died in 1905. {{DEFAULTSORT:Schofield, John}} [[Category:1831 births]] [[Category:1905 deaths]] [[Category:American Civil War generals]] [[Category:United States Secretaries of War]] [[Category:Military people from Ohio]] {{US-bio-stub}}