Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901 to Henry Jackson Hunt

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GLC#
GLC02382.076-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
23 October 1883
Author/Creator
Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901
Title
to Henry Jackson Hunt
Place Written
Morristown, New Jersey
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 19.7 cm, Width: 26.1 cm
Primary time period
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Thanks Hunt for his recollections regarding Manassas. Mentions Generals John Fulton Reynolds, Robert Cumming Schenck, Irvin McDowell, John Alexander Logan, and John Pope, among others. Notes that another writer is tackling the topic of Manassas, and that Hunt will soon received the work in pamphlet form. Recently sent copies of some notes on Second Manassas to the War Department. Discusses controversy regarding his conduct at Second Manassas. Writes that McDowell was "so blind to his own interests in the effort to harm me that he could not see the effect of his acts when before the Schofield board," referring to a board headed by General John M. Schofield, called in 1878 to investigate Porter's conduct during the battle.

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