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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00214.02.13 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Porter letters |
| Title | Fitz-John Porter to Colonel Julius Walker Adams refers to an investigation called to reevaluate Porter's actions at the Battle of Second Manassas |
| Date | ca. 26 October 1878 |
| Author | Porter, Fitz-John (1822-1901) |
| Recipient | Walker Adams, Julius |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Year inferred from content. Mentions Generals Irvin McDowell and David Hunter, in reference to an investigation called to reevaluate Porter's actions at the Battle of Second Manassas. Remarks, "There is evidently a war to be raised by those fellows- & Sherman is to give aid- has done so." Suggests that Pope and Sheridan are working against his case in conjunction with McDowell, who had previously criticized Porter's actions at Second Manassas. Suggests that following the battle, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton used several generals, including Henry Wager Halleck, against Porter, the same way he used them against McClellan. Requests that Adams testify in his favor, relating evidence involving President Abraham Lincoln and Governor Newell (William A. Newell, Governor of New Jersey 1857-1860 and of the Washington Territory 1880-1884). |
| Subjects | Battle Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) Civil War Union Forces Union General Confederate States of America Military History Military Law Law Corruption and Scandal President Lincoln's Cabinet |
| People | Porter, Fitz John (1822-1901) Pope, John (1822-1892) McClellan, George B. (1826-1885) McDowell, Irvin (1818-1885) Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager) (1815-1872) Hunter, David (1802-1886) Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Stanton, E. M. (Edwin McMasters) (1814-1869) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Newell, William A. (William Augustus) (1817-1901) 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 |