Salisbury, North Carolina,
confederate treatment of prisoners at;
prison pen described.
Sanders, Wm. P., colonel 5th Kentucky cavalry,
raid into E. Tennessee;
pursuit of Morgan raiders;
defeated at Richmond;
turns tables on Scott at Lancaster;
made brigadier general;
resists Wheeler in E. Tennessee;
splendid conduct before Knoxville;
mortally wounded.
Sanitary Commission reaches E. Tennessee with needed supplies.
Saunders, E. D.,
assistant adjutant-general on Gen Cox's staff;
killed while riding at his side;
loss severely felt.
Savage, Jas. W., colonel 12th New York Cavalry,
at Kinston.
Scammon, E. P., colonel 23d Ohio,
at Canfex Ferry;
history and characteristics;
succeeds to command of Schenck's brigade;
at Fayette courthouse;
at Flat Top Mountain;
at Princeton;
at French's;
commands 1st brigade Kanawha division;
at Bull Run bridge;
at the Monocacy;
supports Pleasanton;
attached to Rodman's division;
at Antietam;
promoted;
commands division in Kanawha valley;
at Fayette courthouse;
heads off Morgan at Pomeroy, Ohio
Scary Creek, West Virginia,
skirmish at.
Schenck, Robt. C., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
in West Virginia;
movements near Gauley;
efforts to intercept Floyd;
leaves West Virginia on account of ill health;
under Fremont in Mountain Department;
appointed major general;
political acquaintance and influence secures confirmation;
commands District of Maryland with West Virginia annexed;
attitude toward Lincoln.
Schleich, Newton,
brigadier general Ohio Valley Infantry.
Schofield, John M.,
appointed major general in 1862, not confirmed;
reappointed as of first date;
opposition to confirmation;
appointed to command Army of the Ohio;
arrives at Knoxville;
instructed to drive Longstreet out of E. Tennessee;
impossibility of making campaign explained;
remains on defensive;
reports to Sherman;
instructed to join him;
even temper;
permanently assigned to command 23d army corps;
unites with Sherman's army;
left wing of army before Dalton;
manoeuvres at Dalton;
dissatisfied with Hovey;
asks to have him removed;
praises Cox's movement, retiring left wing;
orders advance at Resaca;
advances on extreme left from Resaca to Cassville;
hindered by Hooker's getting on his line of march;
concentrates at Cartersville;
appoints Hascall commander 2nd division in place of Judah;
again hindered by Hooker;
movements south of the Etowah;
disabled by fall of horse;
turns command over to General Cox;
resumes command;
question of rank with Butterfield;
outflanks confederate army and compels abandonment of New Hope lines;
at Kolb's farm;
demonstrates on extreme right;
says importance of position gained by General Cox, south of Olley's Creek, cannot be overestimated;
at Smyrna;
across the Chattahoochee;
builds wooden bridge;
wide circuit east of Atlanta;
attacked by Cheatham at Atlanta;
at Rough and Ready;
at Decatur, Georgia;
turns command of corps over to General Cox during October;
classmate and roommate of McPherson;
commands all troops in Chattanooga and vicinity;
objects to being relegated to Department command;
resumes command of Army of the Ohio;
wants corps filled up to its quota;
reports to Thomas;
commands all forces assembling at Pulaski;
at Columbia;
limited to careful defensive;
holds on at Columbia under orders from Thomas;
deprived of benefit of cavalry;
earnestly demands General Cox's promotion;
at battle of Nashville;
in pursuit of Hood;
asks to have 23d corps transferred to eastern army;
corps filled up;
at Clifton, Tennessee;
transferred with corps to Washington;
appointed to command Department of North Carolina;
headquarters on steamer "Spaulding," controversy over;
efforts to flank Hoke out of position on Federal Point;
approves General Cox's discretion in not obeying orders;
asks permanent assignment of General Cox to 23d Corps command, and General Terry to new corps
in advance on Kinston;
in temporary command of Sherman's army;
promoted to brigadier general in regular army;
on march to Raleigh;
commands District of North Carolina;
prepares paroles and arranges details of capitulation of Johnston's army;
loans horses to the needy and issues rations to Johnston's troops;
proclaims an end of slavery;
confers with Hardee at Greensborough.