Appleton's annual cyclopedia and register of important events: embracing political, military, an ecclesiastical affairs; public documents; biography, statistics, commerce, finance, literature, science, agriculture, and mechanical industry . and as an orator and lect-urer was in great demand with Roman Catho-lic colleges and societies. St. Johns College,Fordham, N. Y., gave him the degree of LL. 1875. His published works include Laysof the Fatherland (1850); Ninety-eight andForty-eight; the Modern Revolutionary His-tory and Literature of Ireland (1856); OurLiving Representative Men (1860);
Appleton's annual cyclopedia and register of important events: embracing political, military, an ecclesiastical affairs; public documents; biography, statistics, commerce, finance, literature, science, agriculture, and mechanical industry . and as an orator and lect-urer was in great demand with Roman Catho-lic colleges and societies. St. Johns College,Fordham, N. Y., gave him the degree of LL. 1875. His published works include Laysof the Fatherland (1850); Ninety-eight andForty-eight; the Modern Revolutionary His-tory and Literature of Ireland (1856); OurLiving Representative Men (1860); Faithand Fancv, poems (1863); Campaign Lifeof Andrew Johnson (1864); Life and Pub-lic Services of Andrew Johnson (1868);Fenian Heroes and Martyrs (1868); Po-ems ; Lyrical, Dramatic, and Romantic (1870); and Picturesque Ireland (1878-,83).SCHOFIELD, JOHN MeALLISTER, an Americansoldier, born in Chautauqua County, N. Y.,Sept. 29, 1831. He was graduated at WealPoint Military Academy in 1853, Philip ELvol. xxvin.—47 A Sheridan, James B, lioPherfton, ami John B. Hood, being among hi- classmates, Mcllur-Bon was at the bead of the class, Schofleld was No. 7, Sheridan No. :14, and II«;I N,,.44. The whole number was 52. n his. JOHN MALLISTER SCHOFIELD. graduation, Schofield was assigned to the FirstUnited States Artillery, and served for twoyears in South Carolina and Florida; and from1855 to 1860 he was Assistant Professor ofNatural Philosophy at West Point, alter which,on leave of absence, he was for one year Pro-fessor of Physics in Washington University, , Mo. He had been commissioned firstlieutenant, United States Army, in August,1855, and captain, in May, 1861. At the out-break of the ci^il war he became of theFirst Regiment of Missouri Volunteers, and onApril 26, 1861, was made chief-of-statf t<.Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, with whom he servedin the Missouri campaign. He was appointedbrigadier-general of volunteers in November,1861, and soon afterward brigadier-
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