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Rutherford B. Hayes (search for this): chapter 8.80
appointed November 25th, which sentenced General Porter to be cashiered; fourth, the Board of Officers, appointed by President Hayes, April 12th, 1878, and upon whose report, reversing the findings of the court-martial, General Porter was finally re 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, andnd judicious. It saved the Union army from disaster on the 29th of August. The board accordingly recommended to President Hayes to set aside the findings and sentence of the court-martial and to restore Porter to his rank in the service from the date of his dismissal. In the absence of legislation, President Hayes considered himself as without power to act, and on the 5th of June, 1879, he submitted the proceedings and conclusions of the board for the action of Congress. On the 4th
Fitz John Porter (search for this): chapter 8.80
The case of Fitz John Porter. by Richard B. Irwin, Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-Generher trial. No charges preferred against General Porter by General Pope have been found, save in harly delayed. The vital point remains whether Porter did or did not disobey his orders and fail in shortly after noon: Generals McDowell and Porter: You will please move forward with your joint on horseback, and in which messengers sent by Porter to communicate with McDowell and others were cen he delivered one copy of the joint order to Porter, after delivering the other to General McDowel Longstreet had arrived on the field, and that Porter had no considerable force in his front. Theve responsibility would have devolved upon General Porter. The order was based upon conditions whicnot been fully executed, and thus relieved General Porter from the continuing disqualification to ho approved an act for the relief of Fitz John. Porter which had been passed in the House of Represen[33 more...]
Stonewall Jackson (search for this): chapter 8.80
keeping well closed to your right all the time. In case you are obliged to fall back, do so to your right and rear, so as to keep you in close communication with the right wing. Both orders are based upon the supposition that the enemy was Jackson; that Longstreet was not there, and would not arrive till the night of the 30th or the 31st, and that Jackson was to be attacked in front and flank or rear and crushed before Longstreet joined him. When McDowell came upon the rear of Porter'sJackson was to be attacked in front and flank or rear and crushed before Longstreet joined him. When McDowell came upon the rear of Porter's troops near Bethlehem Church he had just received Buford's dispatch of 9:30 A. M. forwarded by Ricketts at 11:30 A. M. Ricketts's dispatch was not produced 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 Mc
Charles Griffin (search for this): chapter 8.80
tain representations unfavorable to Generals Porter, Franklin, and Griffin. On the 5th, by the same order that relieved General Pope from command, the President directed that Generals Porter, Franklin, and Griffin be relieved from their respective commands until the charges againss preferred by General Pope against Generals Franklin, Porter, and Griffin. The detail consisted of Major-General George Cadwalader, Brigadihe field on the day last named, and Generals Franklin, Porter, and Griffin being already there. On the 17th of November a military commissg laid before the Government the conduct of McClellan, Porter, and Griffin, and of being not disposed to push the matter farther unless the sly, October 10th, Halleck says: Again you complain that Porter and Griffin have not been tried on your charges against them. You know that 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 Centrev
R. O. Abbott (search for this): chapter 8.80
d upon the supposition that the enemy was Jackson; that Longstreet was not there, and would not arrive till the night of the 30th or the 31st, and that Jackson was to be attacked in front and flank or rear and crushed before Longstreet joined him. When McDowell came upon the rear of Porter's troops near Bethlehem Church he had just received Buford's dispatch of 9:30 A. M. forwarded by Ricketts at 11:30 A. M. Ricketts's dispatch was not produced 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, alrea
Joseph Holt (search for this): chapter 8.80
tember, was ordered to inquire into the charges preferred by General Pope against Generals Franklin, Porter, and Griffin. The detail consisted of Major-General George Cadwalader, Brigadier-Generals Silas Casey and J. K. F. Mansfield, with Colonel Joseph Holt as Judge-Advocate, and this commission met on the 6th and 8th, adjourned and was dissolved without action, General Mansfield being ordered into the field on the day last named, and Generals Franklin, Porter, and Griffin being already theret. 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 occurren
S. D. Lee (search for this): chapter 8.80
he 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 field before Porter arrived with his two divisions of 9000 men; that the Confederate general-in-chief was there in person at least two or three hours before the commander of the Army of Virginia himself arrived on the field, and that Porter with his two divisions saved the Army of Virginia that day from the disaster naturally due to the enemy's earlier preparations for battle. If the 4: 30 order had been promptly delivered a very grave responsibilit
James A. Garfield (search for this): chapter 8.80
equired 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 the fifty-second article of war, contained four all
J. K. F. Mansfield (search for this): chapter 8.80
his 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 General Pope against Generals Franklin, Porter, and Griffin. The detail consisted of Major-General George Cadwalader, Brigadier-Generals Silas Casey and J. K. F. Mansfield, with Colonel Joseph Holt as Judge-Advocate, and this commission met on the 6th and 8th, adjourned and was dissolved without action, General Mansfield being ordered into the field on the day last named, and Generals Franklin, Porter, and Griffin being already there. On the 17th of November a military commission was appointed by the General-in-Chief to examine and report on charges preferred against General Porter by General Pope. A military commission is a tribunal constituted to try civil cases when the functions of the ordinary courts of law are suspended by the state of war. Its authority rests entirely upon the supreme will
Cleveland (search for this): chapter 8.80
rom the date of his dismissal. In the absence of legislation, President Hayes considered himself as without power to act, and on the 5th of June, 1879, he submitted the proceedings and conclusions of the board for the action of Congress. On the 4th of May, 1882, President Arthur, by letters patent, remitted so much of the sentence of the court as had not been fully executed, and thus relieved General Porter from the continuing disqualification to hold office. On the 1st of July, 1886, President Cleveland approved an act for the relief of Fitz John. Porter which had been passed in the House of Representatives on the 18th of February by a vote of 171 to 113, and in the Senate on the 25th of June by a vote of 30 to 17. In accordance with the provisions of this act, on the 5th of August Porter was once more commissioned as colonel of infantry in the army of the United States, to rank from May 14th, 1861, but without back pay; and on August 7th he was placed on the retired list.
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