The Military Memoirs of General John Pope
By: edited by Peter Cozzens and Robert I. Girardi.
Contributors: Cozzens, Peter, 1957-; Girardi, Robert I.
Series: Civil War America
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780807824443
Subjects: Pope, John, 1822-1892.; United States. Army -- Biography.; Generals -- United States -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
Description: Union general John Pope was among the most controversial and misunderstood figures to hold major command during the Civil War. Before being called east in June 1862 to lead the Army of Virginia against General Robert E. Lee, he compiled an enviable record in Missouri and as commander of the Army of the Mississippi. After his ignominious defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run, he was sent to the frontier.

Over the next twenty-four years Pope held important department commands on the western plains and was recognized as one of the army's leading authorities on Indian affairs, but he never again commanded troops in battle.

In 1886, Pope was engaged by the National Tribune, a weekly newspaper published in Washington, D.C., to write a series of articles on his wartime experiences. Over the next five years, in twenty-nine installments, he wrote about the war as he had lived it. Collected here for the first time, Pope's "war reminiscences" join a select roster of memoirs written by Civil War army commanders.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-280) and index.