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Dawkins Branch (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.80
oduced in evidence. It strongly confirms Surgeon R. O. Abbott's statement that it was between 12 and 1 o'clock, toward 1, when he delivered one copy of the joint order to Porter, after delivering the other to General McDowell.--R. B. I. This told of Longstreet's passage through Gainesville before 9: 30; it reached McDowell after 11:30. When McDowell joined Porter he found him at the head of his troops, advancing; therefore, when Porter arrived on the crest of the hills which descend to Dawkin's Branch, his advance encountered Longstreet's, already in occupation of the opposite slope. The board of officers say in their report: General Porter's-conduct was adjudged [by the court-martial] upon the assumption that not more than one division under Longstreet had arrived on the field, and that Porter had no considerable force in his front. The fact is that Longstreet, with four divisions of 25,000 According to Col. Marshall of Gen. Lee's staff, 30,000. men, was there on the fi
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 8.80
on his delay, that McDowell, Kearny, and Reno, with less distance to cover, under orders substantially similar, were similarly delayed. The vital point remains whether Porter did or did not disobey his orders and fail in his duty by not attacking on the 29th, and by retreating. The sentence of the court-martial delivered on the 10th of January, 1863, was that General Porter be cashiered and be forever disqualified from holding any office of trust or profit under the Government of the United States. On the 21st of January this sentence was approved by President Lincoln. During the next fifteen years General Porter continually applied for a rehearing, in the light of evidence newly discovered or not available at the time of his trial. On the 12th of April, 1878, President Hayes appointed a board of officers, consisting of Major-General John M. Schofield, Brigadier-General Alfred H. Terry, and Colonel George W. Getty, to examine the new evidence in connection with the old.
Gainesville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.80
h, to march on Bristoe at 1 A. M.; the joint order on the morning of the 29th, to move toward Gainesville ; and the order dated 4:30 that afternoon, to push forward into action at once on the enemy's Generals McDowell and Porter: You will please move forward with your joint commands toward Gainesville. I sent General Porter written orders to that effect an hour and a half ago. Heintzelman, Sigel, and Reno are moving on the Warrenton turnpike, and must now be not far from Gainesville. The orders to Generals Heintzelman, Reno, and Sigel at the same hour (not produced before the court orpush matters further. Fitz John Porter and King's division of McDowell's corps are moving on Gainesville from Manassas Junction, and will come in on your left. They have about twenty thousand men. delivering the other to General McDowell.--R. B. I. This told of Longstreet's passage through Gainesville before 9: 30; it reached McDowell after 11:30. When McDowell joined Porter he found him at th
Manassas, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.80
eral Porter written orders to that effect an hour and a half ago. Heintzelman, Sigel, and Reno are moving on the Warrenton turnpike, and must now be not far from Gainesville. The orders to Generals Heintzelman, Reno, and Sigel at the same hour (not produced before the court or board) were: If you find yourselves heavily pressed by superior numbers of the enemy, you will not push matters further. Fitz John Porter and King's division of McDowell's corps are moving on Gainesville from Manassas Junction, and will come in on your left. They have about twenty thousand men. The command must return to this place [Centreville] to-night or by morning on account of subsistence and forage. I desire that as soon as communication is established between this force and your own, the whole command shall halt. It may be necessary to fall back behind Bull Run at Centreville to-night. I presume it will be so, on account of our supplies. If any considerable advantages are to be gained by departi
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.80
rst contemplated would therefore, at first sight, appear to have been of a character unusual in armies and altogether different from that afterward pursued; however, the distinction was not always strictly regarded during this war, purely military cases being more than once brought before a commission, sitting really as a court of inquiry, as in the Harper's Ferry case, and in the investigation as to the operations of the army under the command of Major-General D. C. Buell, in Kentucky and Tennessee, and punishment even inflicted, as in the former, without charges, or arraignment, and without other trial. No charges preferred against General Porter by General Pope have been found, save in his official reports of September 3d, 1862, and January 27th, 1863; and General Pope testified before the court-martial that he had in fact preferred none. In his letter to General Halleck of September 30th, 1862, General Pope speaks of having laid before the Government the conduct of McClellan,
Sudley Springs (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.80
considerable advantages are to be gained by departing from this order it will not be strictly carried out. One thing must be had in view, that the troops must occupy a position from which they can reach Bull Run to-night or by morning. The indications are that the whole force of the enemy is moving in this direction at a pace that will bring them here by tomorrow night or the next day. General McDowell almost immediately withdrew King's division, marched it round in the rear by the Sudley Springs road, did not connect or again communicate with Porter during the day, and only brought King's division into action, on the right, at 6:15 P. M. Porter's right was not in connection or communication with Reynolds, who held the left of the main line. Between them was a very wide gap, hidden by a wood through which Generals McDowell and Porter were unable to pass on horseback, and in which messengers sent by Porter to communicate with McDowell and others were captured by the enemy.
Kentucky (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.80
proceeding first contemplated would therefore, at first sight, appear to have been of a character unusual in armies and altogether different from that afterward pursued; however, the distinction was not always strictly regarded during this war, purely military cases being more than once brought before a commission, sitting really as a court of inquiry, as in the Harper's Ferry case, and in the investigation as to the operations of the army under the command of Major-General D. C. Buell, in Kentucky and Tennessee, and punishment even inflicted, as in the former, without charges, or arraignment, and without other trial. No charges preferred against General Porter by General Pope have been found, save in his official reports of September 3d, 1862, and January 27th, 1863; and General Pope testified before the court-martial that he had in fact preferred none. In his letter to General Halleck of September 30th, 1862, General Pope speaks of having laid before the Government the conduct o
Bristoe (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.80
njamin S. Roberts, Inspector-General on General Pope's staff at the time of the occurrences. The first charge, laid under the ninth article of war, alleged five instances of disobedience of orders ; the second charge, laid under the fifty-second article of war, contained four allegations covering two acts of misbehavior in the presence of the enemy on the 29th and 30th. The court found the accused guilty of having disobeyed three of General Pope's orders that of August 27th, to march on Bristoe at 1 A. M.; the joint order on the morning of the 29th, to move toward Gainesville ; and the order dated 4:30 that afternoon, to push forward into action at once on the enemy's right flank ; guilty, also, of having shamefully disobeyed the latter order, and of having retreated without any attempt to engage the enemy; but not guilty of having permitted Griffin's and Piatt's brigades to leave the battle-field and go to Centreville. The charge of having feebly attacked the enemy on the 30th w
Bull Run, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.80
this place [Centreville] to-night or by morning on account of subsistence and forage. I desire that as soon as communication is established between this force and your own, the whole command shall halt. It may be necessary to fall back behind Bull Run at Centreville to-night. I presume it will be so, on account of our supplies. If any considerable advantages are to be gained by departing from this order it will not be strictly carried out. One thing must be had in view, that the troops must occupy a position from which they can reach Bull Run to-night or by morning. The indications are that the whole force of the enemy is moving in this direction at a pace that will bring them here by tomorrow night or the next day. General McDowell almost immediately withdrew King's division, marched it round in the rear by the Sudley Springs road, did not connect or again communicate with Porter during the day, and only brought King's division into action, on the right, at 6:15 P. M. Por
Centreville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.80
right flank ; guilty, also, of having shamefully disobeyed the latter order, and of having retreated without any attempt to engage the enemy; but not guilty of having permitted Griffin's and Piatt's brigades to leave the battle-field and go to Centreville. The charge of having feebly attacked the enemy on the 30th was withdrawn. In substance the charges on which Porter was convicted were two,--that he disobeyed General Pope's order to march at 1 A. M. on the 28th, and that, in disobedience ntreville] to-night or by morning on account of subsistence and forage. I desire that as soon as communication is established between this force and your own, the whole command shall halt. It may be necessary to fall back behind Bull Run at Centreville to-night. I presume it will be so, on account of our supplies. If any considerable advantages are to be gained by departing from this order it will not be strictly carried out. One thing must be had in view, that the troops must occupy a pos
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