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Fitz-John Porter, scapegoat of Second Manassas : the rise, fall and rise of the general accused of disobedience /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jermann, Donald R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, [2009]
Subjects:
Porter, Fitz-John, > 1822-1901 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Military offenses) > United States.
Judicial error > United States.
Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862.
Generals > United States > Biography.
United States. > Army > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • The situation in late August 1862
  • The Second Battle of Manassas
  • Courts and courts-martial
  • Charge 1, specification 1
  • Charge 1, specifications 2 and 3; charge 2, specifications 1, 2, and 3
  • Charge 1, specifications 4 and 5
  • Pope, Porter, and Mcdowell
  • The motivation question
  • Summation and verdict
  • The rehearing
  • Grant intervenes
  • Porter after the verdict
  • What happened to them
  • A conspiracy to convict?
  • Hero or villain?
  • Who lost the Second Battle of Manassas?