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George B. McClellan (search for this): chapter 8.80
heir respective commands until the charges against them can be investigated by a court of inquiry. This order appears to have been suspended the next day at General McClellan's request, and was never executed, all three of the generals named remaining on duty; but on the 5th of November, by the same order that removed General McClGeneral McClellan from command of the Army of the Potomac, the President again directed that General Porter be relieved from command of the Fifth Corps; and this order, issued by Halleck on the 10th, was put in force on the 12th. The Court of Inquiry, appointed on the 5th of September, was ordered to inquire into the charges preferred by Gehe 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, Porter, and Griffin, and of being not disposed to push the matter farther unless the silence of the Government . . . and the restoration of these officers witho
Jesse L. Reno (search for this): chapter 8.80
n that Porter delayed only two hours, on account of the darkness of the night, that he marched at 3, that nothing turned upon 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 ordersease 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 producReno, 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
Irvin McDowell (search for this): chapter 8.80
t 3, that nothing turned upon his delay, that McDowell, Kearny, and Reno, with less distance to covehed him about or shortly after noon: Generals McDowell and Porter: You will please move forwardher. Fitz John Porter and King's division of McDowell's corps are moving on Gainesville from Manassre by tomorrow night or the next day. General McDowell almost immediately withdrew King's divisiwide gap, hidden by a wood through which Generals McDowell and Porter were unable to pass on horsebmessengers sent by Porter to communicate with McDowell and others were captured by the enemy. Thecrushed before Longstreet joined him. When McDowell came upon the rear of Porter's troops near Be to Porter, after delivering the other to General McDowell.--R. B. I. This told of Longstreet's pass through Gainesville before 9: 30; it reached McDowell after 11:30. When McDowell joined Porter he fMcDowell joined Porter he found him at the head of his troops, advancing; therefore, when Porter arrived on the crest of the hi
Franz Sigel (search for this): chapter 8.80
having reached him about or shortly after noon: 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 or board) were: If you find yourselves heavily presseSigel 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 necessar
George W. Getty (search for this): chapter 8.80
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. The new evidence consisted largely of the testimony and the official reports of the Confederate officers serving in the Army of Northern Virginia at the second battle of Bull Run, supplemented by new and accurate maps.of the field of battle. None of this information, from the nature of the case, was, or could have been, before the courtmartial. By it, if established, an entirely new light was thrown upon the circumstances
A. Sanders Piatt (search for this): chapter 8.80
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 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 of orders, he failed to attack, but retreated, on the 29th. Upon the former we shall not dwell, since even upon the first trial it was shown that Porter delayed only two hours, on account of th
Benjamin S. Roberts (search for this): chapter 8.80
ed, was dissolved and the court-martial appointed. General Porter was now placed in arrest. As finally constituted the court consisted of Major-Generals David Hunter and E. A. Hitchcock, and Brigadier-Generals Rufus King, B. M. Prentiss, James B. Ricketts, Silas Casey, James A. Garfield, N. B. Buford, and J. P. Slough, with Colonel Joseph Holt, Judge-Advocate-General of the Army, as Judge-Advocate. The charges exhibited to the court were found to have been preferred by Brigadier-General Benjamin 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 Br
B. M. Prentiss (search for this): chapter 8.80
that it was suspended because all officers were required in the field. A new court has been ordered, and they are to be tried and the grounds of your charges to be fully investigated. On November 25th, 1862, the military commission, having simply met and adjourned, was dissolved and the court-martial appointed. General Porter was now placed in arrest. As finally constituted the court consisted of Major-Generals David Hunter and E. A. Hitchcock, and Brigadier-Generals Rufus King, B. M. Prentiss, James B. Ricketts, Silas Casey, James A. Garfield, N. B. Buford, and J. P. Slough, with Colonel Joseph Holt, Judge-Advocate-General of the Army, as Judge-Advocate. The charges exhibited to the court were found to have been preferred by Brigadier-General Benjamin 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 th
John M. Schofield (search for this): chapter 8.80
s 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. The new evidence consisted largely of the testimony and the official reports of the Confederate officers serving in the Army of Northern Virginia at the second battle of Bull Run, supplemented by new and accurate maps.of the field of battle. None of this information, from the nature of the case, was, or could have been, before the courtmartial. By it, if
Alfred H. Terry (search for this): chapter 8.80
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. The new evidence consisted largely of the testimony and the official reports of the Confederate officers serving in the Army of Northern Virginia at the second battle of Bull Run, supplemented by new and accurate maps.of the field of battle. None of this information, from the nature of the case, was, or could have been, before the courtmartial. By it, if established, an entirely new light
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