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    Fitz John Porter (August 31, 1822 – May 21, 1901) (sometimes written FitzJohn Porter or Fitz-John Porter) was a career United States Army officer and a...
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    court-martial of Fitz John Porter (November 25, 1862 – January 22, 1863) was a major event of the American Civil War. Major General Fitz John Porter was found...
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    massed Confederate artillery devastated a Union assault by Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter's V Corps, Longstreet's wing of 25,000 men in five divisions counterattacked...
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    Division: BG John Sedgwick and Blenker's Division: Louis Blenker.), BG Samuel P. Heintzelman (III Corps; Porter's Division: BG Fitz John Porter, Hooker's...
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  • Gen. Fitz John Porter's 3rd Division of the III Corps with Maj. Gen. George Sykes' division of U.S. Regular troops, formerly in the Reserve. Porter became...
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    on the following day, reluctantly obeying Pope's orders, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter swung to attack Jackson, exposing his (and by extension the whole Union...
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    Gen. Fitz John Porter's V Corps extended north to protect the right flank of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Union Army of the Potomac. Porter's objective...
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    as a good fighting unit. The V Corps was commanded by Major General Fitz John Porter. Originally only one division of the corps accompanied McClellan, but...
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    on the northern side of the Chickahominy River. There, Brig. Gen. Fitz John Porter's V Corps had established a strong defensive line behind Boatswain's...
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  • FitzJohn was a bus manufacturer in Muskegon, Michigan, United States. FitzJohn, Fitzjohn, Fitz-John, or Fitz John may also refer to: Modern surname Gavin...
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  • of John Pope. Chicago, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1990. Anders, Curt. Injustice on Trial: Second Bull Run, General Fitz John Porter's Court-Martial...
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    action on Malvern Hill. The Union's V Corps, commanded by Brig. Gen. Fitz John Porter, took up positions on the hill on June 30. McClellan was not present...
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    Reverdy Johnson (category St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe) alumni)
    defending notables such as Sandford of the Dred Scott case, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter at his courts-martial, and Mary Surratt, alleged conspirator in the...
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    enemy. He escaped culpability by testifying against Major General Fitz John Porter, whom Pope court-martialed for alleged insubordination in that battle...
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    the army fell to his friend and V Corps commander Brigadier General Fitz John Porter. When the public heard about the Galena, it was yet another great embarrassment...
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    Hill's brigades, into a series of futile assaults against Brig. Gen. Fitz John Porter's V Corps, which occupied defensive works behind Beaver Dam Creek. Confederate...
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    members met at the United States Military Academy, and on their behalf Fitz-John Porter wrote a letter proposing a new slate of officers, with Benjamin Huger...
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    Social Life. Routledge. pp. 350–365 (352). ISBN 0-203-19104-8. Poole, Fitz John Porter (2003) [1994]. "Socialization, Enculturation and the Development of...
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    duel. In the late afternoon, the Union V Corps, commanded by Fitz John Porter, arrived. Porter deployed 15 cannons, which were able to silence the Confederate...
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  • major general Fitz John Porter (1822–1901), Union Army major general Horace Porter (1837–1921), Union Army brevet brigadier general Moses Porter (1756–1822)...
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    B. Richardson and John Sedgwick III Corps, Brig. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman commanding: divisions of Brig. Gens. Fitz John Porter, Joseph Hooker, and...
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    Civil War, the regiment was commanded by Colonel Fitz John Porter from May 1861 to January 1863. Porter spent little time in actual command of the regiment...
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  • Robert Brown Potter, Andrew Porter, Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss, William D. Porter, Fitz John Porter, David Dixon Porter, John Pope". Heritage Auctions....
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    Gen. John Schofield on a presidential board asked to reexamine the conviction by court-martial of Fitz John Porter. The board found that Porter had been...
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    injured when his horse fell on him. While recuperating, he served on the Fitz John Porter court-martial, a highly political case, where his loyalties are believed...
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  • Fairfield Porter (1907–1975), American painter and art critic Fitz John Porter (1822–1901), Union general in the American Civil War Fred L. Porter (1877–1938)...
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  • Eater Fitz James O'Brien (1828-1862), Irish-born American writer Fitz John Porter (1822-1901), Union Army general in the American Civil War Fitz Remedios...
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    American Civil War, the house served as the headquarters of Union General Fitz John Porter, the protégé of George McClellan, who was stationed at nearby Berkeley...
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    Rutherford B. Hayes asked him to reopen the case of Major General Fitz John Porter, who had been convicted by a court-martial for cowardice and disobedience...
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    leading it with distinction during the Seven Days Battles. General Fitz-John Porter complimented Slocum's division in the Virginia campaigns as "one of...
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