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- GLC#
- GLC00214.02.01-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- September 17, 1878
- Author/Creator
- Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901
- Title
- to Colonel Julius Walker Adams
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 14.2 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Discusses convening of the military commission to reevaluate Porter's actions during Second Manassas. Notes that Asa Gardiner, the lawyer opposing Porter in the trial "has notified 'McDowell & Pope that he will take care of their honor.' before the Board." Generals Irvin McDowell and John Pope, participants in the Battle of Second Manassas, upheld accusations of Porter's insubordination the battle. Written on Central Railroad Co. of New Jersey stationery. Adams was a noted engineer and cousin of President John Quincy Adams.
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