Item #18120 Review by the Judge Advocate General of the Proceedings, Findings, and Sentence of a General Court Martial Held in the City of Washington, for the Trial of Major General Fitz John Porter of the United States Volunteers. CIVIL WAR, COURT MARTIAL.

Review by the Judge Advocate General of the Proceedings, Findings, and Sentence of a General Court Martial Held in the City of Washington, for the Trial of Major General Fitz John Porter of the United States Volunteers

Washington: Daily Chronicle Press, 1863.

31 pp, in original sewn wrappers. Small label at one corner of the front cover, spine chipped but wrappers still well attached; about very good. Porter, a respected career Army officer, chose to ignore what he perceived as a dangerous and contradictory orders from General John Pope during the Second Battle of Bull Run. He was relieved of command, court-martialed, and convicted of disobeying a lawful order. The Judge Advocate General reviewed the evidence at President Lincoln’s request, and in this pamphlet gives his reasons for upholding the verdict. Two decades later, Porter finally succeeded in having the conviction overturned. The commission that reviewed the case credited him with saving the Union army from a disastrous defeat and declared his conduct “obedient, subordinate, faithful, and judicious.” Sabin 32653.

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