Donald R. Jermann

Fitz-John Porter, Scapegoat of Second Manassas

The Rise, Fall and Rise of the General Accused of Disobedience

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

One of the darkest days in United States history since Valley Forge was August 30, 1862. On this date the Confederate army smashed the United States army at Manassas, on the outskirts of Washington. To many, including the president and press, it appeared that Washington was all but lost. The defeat was all the more galling because it was inflicted by a numerically inferior and inadequately equipped Confederate force. Someone, it was assumed, had to be responsible. Union commander Major General John Pope blamed the loss on charismatic and popular Major General Fitz-John Porter, whom he charged with disobedience of orders and shameful conduct before the enemy. A court-martial found him guilty. But was Porter really guilty or did he save the country from an even greater disaster? This book addresses the question of Porter's guilt or innocence, examining the trial and its aftereffects from several perspectives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780786439300
• ISBN-10: 0786439300
• Artikelnr.: 23574508

Autorenporträt

Captain Donald R. Jermann served more than 32 years on active duty in the Navy covering World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. He also served as a senior executive in the Department of Defense and lives in Laurel, Maryland.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments     
List of Maps      viii
Preface     
Introduction     
1. The Situation in Late August 1862     
2. The Second Battle of Manassas     
3. Courts and Courts-Martial     
4. Charge 1, Specification 1     
5. Charge 1, Specifications 2 and 3; Charge 2, Specifications 1, 2, and
3     
6. Charge 1, Specifications 4 and 5     
7. Pope, Porter, and McDowell     
8. The Motivation Question     
9. Summation and Verdict     
10. The Rehearing     
11. Grant Intervenes     
12. Porter After the Verdict     
13. What Happened to Them     
14. A Conspiracy to Convict?     
15. Hero or Villain?     
16. Who Lost the Second Battle of Manassas?     
Appendices (listed)     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index