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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia in the Northern Virginia Campaign. He received telegrams at this time from Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter which were...
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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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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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E. Lee made the incorrect assumption that the Union V Corps under Fitz John Porter would defend the line of Powhite Creek, somewhat to the west of V Corps'...
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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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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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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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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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List of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president of the United States (section John Adams)
commuted or rescinded the convictions of 337 people. Among them is: Fitz John Porter – former Army officer court-martialed in 1863 for his actions at the...
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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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Gilman (1835) – U.S. representative from Maine Fitz John Porter (1835) – Civil War general (Union) John F. Potter (1835) – U.S. representative from Wisconsin...
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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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