Complex sentence: Schofield was sent to cut off Hardee's retreat at Jonesboro but failed to move, he became embroiled in a further controversy, when he was placed under General Stanley commanding the US IV Corps, on 30 August 1864.
Split into simpler sentences: Schofield was sent to cut off Hardee's retreat at Jonesboro but failed to move. He became embroiled in a further controversy, when he was placed under General Stanley commanding the US IV Corps, on 30 August 1864.