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Radical Sacrifice - The Rise and Ruin of Fitz John Porter (Hardcover)
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Radical Sacrifice - The Rise and Ruin of Fitz John Porter (Hardcover)
Series: Civil War America
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Born into a distinguished military family, Fitz John Porter
(1822-1901) was educated at West Point and breveted for bravery in
the war with Mexico. Already a well-respected officer at the outset
of the Civil War, as a general in the Union army he became a
favorite of George B. McClellan, who chose him to command the Fifth
Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Porter and his troops fought
heroically and well at Gaines's Mill and Malvern Hill. His devotion
to the Union cause seemed unquestionable until fellow Union
generals John Pope and Irvin McDowell blamed him for their own
battlefield failures at Second Bull Run. As a confidant of the
Democrat and limited-war proponent McClellan, Porter found himself
targeted by Radical Republicans intent on turning the conflict to
the cause of emancipation. He made the perfect scapegoat, and a
court-martial packed with compliant officers dismissed him for
disobedience of orders and misconduct before the enemy. Porter
tenaciously pursued vindication after the war, and in 1879 an army
commission finally reviewed his case, completely exonerating him.
Obstinately partisan resistance from old Republican enemies still
denied him even nominal reinstatement for six more years. This
revealing new biography by William Marvel cuts through received
wisdom to show Fitz John Porter as he was: a respected commander
whose distinguished career was ruined by political machinations
within Lincoln's administration. Marvel lifts the cloud that
shadowed Porter over the last four decades of his life, exposing
the spiteful Radical Republicans who refused to restore his rank
long after his exoneration and never restored his benefits.
Reexamining the relevant primary evidence from the full arc of
Porter's life and career, Marvel offers significant insights into
the intersections of politics, war, and memory.
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