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'''George Wheeler Schofield''' (September 20, 1833 &ndash; December 17, 1882) was an American [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] [[Brevet (military)#American Civil War|brevet]] [[brigadier general]] during the period of the [[American Civil War]].  He received his appointment as [[Brevet (military)#American Civil War|brevet brigadier general]] dated to January 26, 1865.<ref>{{cite book | author= | editor= | year= 1983 | title= The Photographic History of the Civil War: Three Volumes in One | publisher= Random House Value Publishing, Inc. | location= New York | id=0-517-20155-0 | pages= 314}}</ref>

George Wheeler Schofield was the brother of [[John Schofield|John McAllister Schofield]] who briefly served as [[Army of the Frontier|Commander of the Army of the Frontier]] during the Civil War and as [[U.S. Secretary of War]], [[Superintendent of the United States Military Academy]], and [[Commanding General of the United States Army]] after the war.  During the American Civil War, George Wheeler Schofield served as a lieutenant colonel in the Union Army.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clanmcalister.org/cma-schofield.html |title=John McAllister Schofield |author= |accessdate=2020-02-12}}</ref>  After the war, he served with the 41st Infantry and the 10th and 6th cavalries.  However, he is perhaps most famous for his association with a .45-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver that kept his name.  His wife Alma died in March 1879.  He was promoted to the peacetime rank of lieutenant colonel of the 6th Cavalry in Dember 1881.  He served in Arizona.  However, on December 17, 1882, Schofield in his dress uniform picked up one of his Schofield-patent revolvers and pulled the trigger.  He was buried in the city cemetery of [[Freeport, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nramuseum.org/media/940648/schofield%20revolver.pdf |title=The Schofield Revolver May Be One of the Best Friends a 19th Century Cavalryman Ever Had |author=Philip Schreier |accessdate=2020-02-12}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Smith & Wesson Model 3]]
*[[John Schofield]]

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==External links==
* {{Find a Grave|11696136}}

==See also==
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