Fitz-John Porter, scapegoat of Second Manassas
Subtitle: the rise, fall, and rise of the general accused of disobedience
By: Donald R. Jermann.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780786439300
Subjects: Porter, Fitz-John, -- 1822-1901 -- Trials, litigation, etc; United States. -- Army -- Biography; Trials (Military offenses) -- United States; Judicial error -- United States; Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862; Generals -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.; Biography.
Description: "On August 30, 1862, the Confederate army inflicted a smashing defeat to the Union at Manassas. Charismatic Major General Fitz-John Porter was charged with disobedience of orders and shameful conduct before the enemy. But was Porter really guilty or was it he who saved the country from an even greater disaster?"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The situation in late August 1862; title: The Second Battle of Manassas; title: Courts and courts-martial; title: Charge 1, specification 1; title: Charge 1, specifications 2 and 3; charge 2, specifications 1, 2, and 3; title: Charge 1, specifications 4 and 5; title: Pope, Porter, and Mcdowell; title: The motivation question; title: Summation and verdict; title: The rehearing; title: Grant intervenes; title: Porter after the verdict; title: What happened to them; title: A conspiracy to convict?; title: Hero or villain?; title: Who lost the Second Battle of Manassas?.