The Military Memoirs of General John PopeUnion general John Pope was among the most controversial and misunderstood figures to hold major command during the Civil War. Before being called east in June 1862 to lead the Army of Virginia against General Robert E. Lee, he compiled an enviable record |
Contents
The Rush to the Ranks | 3 |
An Unpleasant Page of History | 15 |
Quiet and Good Order Are of All Things Desirable | 21 |
New Madrid and Island No 10 | 41 |
The Conduct of the Troops Was Splendid | 43 |
The Siege of Corinth | 59 |
We Sauntered Along Slowly | 61 |
Confederate Generals at Corinth | 76 |
The Battle of Cedar Mountain Always a Source of Regret | 126 |
Leave Pope to Get Out of His Scrape | 143 |
Miscellaneous Recollections | 171 |
Abraham Lincoln | 173 |
The Mexican War and Washington in 1861 | 188 |
Prominent Confederates | 205 |
West Pointers to the Front | 210 |
Postwar Correspondence between Pope and the Comte de Paris Pertaining to the Second Bull Run Campaign | 217 |
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