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Schofield (JOHN M'ALLISTER an American)

JOHN M'ALLISTER, an American military officer; born in Gerry, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1831; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1853; served on garrison duty in South Carolina and Florida in 1853-1855; was assistant Professor of Philosophy at the United States Military Academy in 1855-1860, and Professor of Physics in Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., in 1860-1861. During the Civil War he served in the Missouri campaign under ment of the Ohio; took part in the At- General hommanded the Depart lanta campaign; and commanded at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864, for which he was made Brigadier-General and brevet Major-General in the regular army. After the war he became commander of the Division of the Pacific; was Secretary of War in 1868-1869; commanded the army of the United States as senior Major-General; and was promoted Lieutenant-General in 1895. He was the author of "Forty-six Years in the Army" (1897). He died March 4, 1906.