Porter, Fitz-John 1822-1901 creator mixed material monographic eng 13,000 67 10 31 26.8 Correspondence, telegrams, reports, memoranda, articles, autobiographical, biographical and genealogical material, financial and legal papers, annotated printed matter, scrapbooks, maps, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Porter's court-martial and cashiering out of military service on January 21, 1863, as a result of his conduct during the Second Battle of Bull Run on August 29, 1862, the review by a board of officers, his reinstatement, honorable retirement in 1879, congressional action taken, and presidential pardon. Documents support of fellow officers in Porter's charges of incompetence and slander against Generals John Pope and Irwin McDowell. Also includes material concerning the conduct of the 5th Army Corps under Porter's leadership in the Peninsular Campaign, at Malvern Hill, Second Manassas, and Antietam; autobiographical and biographical studies relating to Porter's early military career, particularly in the war with Mexico and the Utah Expedition (1857-1860); correspondence and military papers dealing with Porter's Texas Expedition (1861) and the first Shenandoah Valley Campaign under Robert Patterson; unpublished biographical works by Theodore Akerly Lord covering Porter's military career from the Mexican War to the Shenandoah Campaign as well as by Carswell McClellan concerning the court-martial; and an ms. translation from the German pertaining to Ferdinand Franz Mangold's campaign in Northern Virginia in August 1862. Correspondents include John C. Bullitt, Ulysses S. Grant, George Frisbie Hoar, Reverdy Johnson, George Brinton McClellan, George D. Ruggles, William Joyce Sewell, and Stephen Minot Weld. Open to research. Microfilm edition excluding scrapbooks available, no. 19,858. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1988. Army officer and public official in New Jersey and New York, N.Y. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005015 Bullitt, John C. (John Christian) 1824-1902 Correspondence Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) 1822-1885 Correspondence Hoar, George Frisbie 1826-1904 Correspondence Johnson, Reverdy 1796-1876 Correspondence Lord, Theodore Akerly 1844-1914 Mangold, Ferdinand Franz 1832-1903 McClellan, Carswell 1835-1892 McClellan, George Brinton 1826-1885 Correspondence McDowell, Irvin 1818-1885 Patterson, Robert 1792-1881 Pope, John 1822-1892 Ruggles, George D. (George David) -1904 Correspondence Sewell, William Joyce 1835-1901 Correspondence Weld, Stephen Minot 1842- Correspondence United States. Army. Corps, 5th (1862-1865) Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862 Courts-martial and courts of inquiry Malvern Hill, Battle of, Va., 1862 Mexican War, 1846-1848 Peninsular Campaign, 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1861 Manassas (Va.) History Maryland History Civil War, 1861-1865 Texas Discovery and exploration United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns Utah Discovery and exploration Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Army officers Public officials Public officials mm 78036590 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms005015 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms005015.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005015 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005015.3 Open to research. DLC 790607 20260227111626.0 mm 78036590