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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00214.02.14 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Porter letters |
| Title | Fitz-John Porter to Captain Julius Walker Adams discusses his case in detail |
| Date | ca. 30 December 1878 |
| Author | Porter, Fitz-John (1822-1901) |
| Recipient | Walker Adams, Julius |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Porter discusses his case. Notes that Adams's friend, Thomas Church Haskell Smith, testified against him. Relates that Major Gardner requested documents from the War Department regarding Generals George McClellan, William Buel Franklin, and Henry Wager Halleck to use against Porter in trial. Remarks that his lawyer, Joseph Hodges Choate, proved Smith a failure on the stand. Attests that Smith is "after revenge and is now trying to prove that McClellan & Franklin & I were in league to defeat [John] Pope, even at the risk of ruining the army & the loss of the capitol." Thinks Smith's aims are political. Notes that Pope has become enemies with Secretary of War George W. McCrary and has been befriended by Sherman. Instructs Adams to hold on to his copy of the testimony. |
| Subjects | Civil War Union Forces Union General Confederate States of America Military History Military Law Law Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) Corruption and Scandal Politics Washington, D.C. |
| People | Porter, Fitz John (1822-1901) Smith, Thomas Church Haskell (1819-1897) Pope, John (1822-1892) McClellan, George B. (1826-1885) Franklin, William Buel (1823-1903) Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager) (1815-1872) Choate, Joseph Hodges (1832-1917) McCrary, George Washington (1835-1890) Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Walker Adams, Julius (1812-1899) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Law |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |