Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-280) and index.
Contents:
The situation in late August 1862 -- The Second Battle of Manassas -- Courts and courts-martial -- Charge 1, specification 1 -- Charge 1, specifications 2 and 3; charge 2, specifications 1, 2, and 3 -- Charge 1, specifications 4 and 5 -- Pope, Porter, and Mcdowell -- The motivation question -- Summation and verdict -- The rehearing -- Grant intervenes -- Porter after the verdict -- What happened to them -- A conspiracy to convict? -- Hero or villain? -- Who lost the Second Battle of Manassas?.
Summary:
"On August 30, 1862, the Confederate army inflicted a smashing defeat to the Union at Manassas. Charismatic Major General Fitz-John Porter was charged with disobedience of orders and shameful conduct before the enemy. But was Porter really guilty or was it he who saved the country from an even greater disaster?"--Provided by publisher.
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