Radical Sacrifice: The Rise and Ruin of Fitz John Porter (William Marvel - UA) Jefferson ” admitted Robert E

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and never again did a Confederate army reach that far north

Rounding out the volume are a chronology of national and international events during 1865

LEATHER SHEATH

in word and in deed he did grapple with many of the most pressing and timeless questions in politics

Radical Sacrifice: The Rise and Ruin of Fitz John Porter (William Marvel - UA) Jefferson ” admitted Robert ERadical Sacrifice: The Rise and Ruin of Fitz John Porter (Civil War America) by William Marvel 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.