Fitz John Porter was a career United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War. He is most known for his performance at the Second Battle of Bull Run and his subsequent court martial.
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEP’T OF PENNSYLVANIA, May 3, 1861. No. 24, } Philadelphia, May 3, 1861. I. The line of communication with Washington City via Annapolis _ having been opened,…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEP’T OF PENNSYLVANIA, May 3, 1861. No. 24, } Philadelphia, May 3, 1861. I. The line of communication with Washington City via Annapolis _ having been opened,…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEP’T OF PENNSYLVANIA, May 3, 1861. No. 24, } Philadelphia, May 3, 1861. I. The line of communication with Washington City via Annapolis _ having been opened,…
Philadelphia, May 22, 1861. Col. SAMUEL YOHE, _ First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Woodberry, Md. : Sir: The unquiet state of the country and the point you now occupy in the…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, May 22, 1861. Col. SAMUEL YOHE, _ First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Woodberry, Md. : Sir: The unquiet state of the country and the point you…
Philadelphia Philadelphia, May 29, 1861. Maj. Gen. W. H. KE, Commanding U. S, Forces, Chambersburg, Pa. : GENERAL: The commanding general instructs me to give you in his name the…
HD@RS. DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Chambersburg, Pa., June 4, 1861. COLONEL: The last paragraph in the general’s letter [next preceding] refers to this, that at night the sound of the hammer…
Chambersburg, Pa., June 6, 1861. Srr: I am instructed by Major-General Patterson to direct you to halt your forces at Cumberland, securing the bridges over the Potomac and Green Spring…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Chambersburg, Pa., June 6, 1861. Col. LEw1Is WALLACE, Eleventh Indiana Regiment, Cumberland, Md. : Srr: I am instructed by Major-General Patterson to direct you to halt…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Chambersburg, Pa., June 6, 1861. Col. LEwiIs WALLACE, Eleventh Indiana Regiment, Cumberland, Md. : Srr: I am instructed by Major-General Patterson to direct you to halt…
Chambersburg, Pa., June 12, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Headquarters of Army, Washington City: General Cadwalader arrived, and goes to Greencastle to command First Division, composed of First, Third, and…
Chambersburg, Pa., June 14, 1861. Sir: The commanding general instructs me to inform you that as soon as he can move his force, so as to strike a blow on…
CHAMBERSBURG, P. A. CHAMBERSBURG, P. A., June 14, 1861. Colonel TOWNSEND :] : DrAR COLONEL: To-morrow morning our force will be in Hagers own, located as indicated in the accompanying…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Chambersburg, Pa., June 14, 1861. Col. CHARLES P. STONE, Commanding, near Leesburg, Va.: Sir: The commanding general instructs me to inform you that as soon as…
Chambersburg, Pa., June 15, 1861. Engineer Corps, en route to Williamsport : CAPTAIN: In reply to your note of this date, I have, by direction of the commanding general, hastily…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Chambersburg, Pa., June 15, 1861. Engineer Corps, en route to Williamsport : CAPTAIN: In reply to your note of this date, I have, by direction of…
Hagerstown, Md., June 16, 1861. Bvt. Maj. Gen. GEORGE CADWALADER, Commanding First Division, Williamsport, Md.: GENERAL: By direction of the commanding general I send you a dispatch from Colonel Wallace,*…
Hagerstown, Md., June 16, 1861. Bvt. Maj. Gen. GhorGE CADWALADER, Commanding First Division : GENERAL: The commanding general wishes you to detach forthwith the whole of the Rhode Island regiment…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLYANIA, Hagerstown, Md., June 16, 1861. Bvt. Maj. Gen. GEORGE CADWALADER, Commanding First Division, Williamsport, Md.: GENERAL: By direction of the commanding general I send you a…
Hagerstown, Md., June 17, 1861. Col. LEW1s WALLACE, Eleventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Cumberland, Md.: COLONEL: Simultaneously with your telegram that your scouts had Seen no troops within twelve miles of…
Hagerstown, Md., June 17, 1861. General CADWALADER, Williamsport, Md.: GENERAL: Have halted Thomas, Miles, and Burnside, sent for a battery at Carlisle, and have the whole force here ready to…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Hagerstown, Md., June 17, 1861. Col. LEW1s WALLACE, Eleventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Cumberland, Md.: COLONEL: Simultaneously with your telegram that your scouts had Seen no troops…
Hagerstown, Md., June 20, 1861. Brig. Gen. J. 8S. NEGLEY, Commanding Fifth Brigade, near Hagerstown, Md. : GENERAL: The commanding general directs you to move as early as practicable towards…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Hagerstown, Md., June 20, 1861. Brig. Gen. J. 8S. NEGLEY, Commanding Fifth Brigade, near Hagerstown, Md. : GENERAL: The commanding general directs you to move as…