The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-24

captain for fourteen years continuous ser
vice. He was arfagned before court
martial in 1860 for severe criticism OF
the policy of President Buchanan, which he
had read before literary society in Cincin-
natl. Captain Pope had then become an
ardent Republican. Upon the recommended
tion of Postmaster-General joseph Holt the
court-martial proceedings were dropped.
The outbreak of the war found Pope still
a captain of engineers. He was detailed by
the War Department to escort Abraham
Lincoln to Washington. On May II Mr..
Lincoln commissioned him brigadier-
general of volunteers and he was assigned
TO a command in Missouri. He defeated
General Sterling Price at BIackwater, cap
turing a large number of prisoners, in De-
cember, 1861. In the following spring he
captured Island No. 10, in the Mississippi,
with 65c0 prisoners, and was promoted
major general
la June, 1862, Secretary Stanton called
Pope 10 Washington. Mcclellan at that
time had been practically vanquished in his
Peninsula campaign against Richmond, and
was eDcamped with bis army at Harrsons
Landing on the James River To enable
Mcclellan to withdraw the Army of the
Potomac to the defense of Wash ngton
new army. called the Army of Virginia,
was organized. and the command thereof
assigned TO General Pope. With it he was
to make a f-int on Richmond across the
Rspidan and Rappahannock, and thus pre-
vent the enemy from following Mcclellan.
Pope moved his army TO the 'front.' but
sustained series of reyerses, eliminating
in the second disastrous battle of Bull Run.
A fter the withdrawal of the Army OF the
Potomac from Barrisons Landing and its
union with Pope's army at Alexandra, Nc
Clellan again assumed the command and
successfully fought the battle of Antietam.
General Pope was at this time made the
subject Of very severe Criticism. The feel
In In, Ea nf rH
him was very bitter. The Eastern soldiers
wero exasperated by the wording Of his
order on assuming command, in which he
Wanted himself on coming from the West
declared that his headquarters would be in
the saddle. and that all spades and
rear. These were regarded as animad-
versions on McClellan's policy in campaign
ing, and as Little Mac was then the idol of
his army his officers and soldiers resented
these structures. The fact that General
Pope's baggage was the first thing captured
by the enemy was turned against him with
great effect.
General Pope, at the end Of his disastrous
campaign in Virginia, which was not at
tributed 20 any bad generalship on his part,
but to the terrible decentralization then pre-
yalling in the Eastern theatsr Of war. was
relieved at his own request. Returning to
Washington, he preferred charges against
FitZ John Porter and the celebrated court
martial and conviction OF that general FOL
lowed. though twenty years later Porter
was fully exonerated by court of review
sitting on his case at West Point, and Con-
gress subsequently restored him to the army
with the rank of colonel on the retired list.
General Pope's subsequent service was
III Minnesota, where he Quelled an
uprising of Indians. After the war he
was in command of various military depart
ments and was in command of the military
division Of the Pacific, with the full rank Of
ma ajJr-general in the United States army,
when he retired on March 16, 1886.
General Grant was always attached to
General Pope, who stood by him and en-
couraged Grant with his advice and friend
ship after the battle of Shiloh. when for
time Grant fell under the displeasure OF
Halleck