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GREAT ALS SIGNED BY CIVIL WAR GENERAL FITZ JOHN PORTER
A great postwar letter re: a veteran's wife's pension!! You are invited to bid on one of many lots to come of a HUGE library of documents, all in terrific condition for libraries, collectors, or booksellers. This autograph letter would make an outstanding addition to any American history library or collection or a great gift. are some images, too. Please examine the details and let me know by email if you have any questions. I am a well-known Civil War author, bibliographer, and book collector and I have a very large collection in my house. I have simply run out of room (!), and my paring down of the collection can be your opportunity to add to your collection. 1. PORTER, FITZ JOHN. (1822-1901). Maj. Gen. USV. ALS, 1 p., 4to., 7 3/4" by 10", New York, New York, April 14, 1891 (written on the 26th anniversary of Lincoln's assassination!). To Gen. Josiah Porter, Adjutant General of New York. "Dear General / Mrs. Lansing, as well as I, thank you for your kind and prompt action on the request for data relating to her deceased husband. The information is what she desired and will be very useful in aid of the application for pension. / My sickness has alone been the cause of a non earlier acknowledgement of your kindness. Please pardon the unintentional delay. / Very truly and respectfully yours, Fitz John Porter." From Wikipedia: Fitz John Porter (August 31, 1822 - May 21, 1901) (sometimes written FitzJohn Porter) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His military career was ruined by an unjust court martial called by political rivals. / Early life / Porter was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He came from a family prominent in naval service; his cousins were William D. Porter, David Dixon Porter, and David G. Farragut. Nevertheless, he pursued an army career. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1845 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Artillery. He served in the Mexican-American War and was breveted to captain for bravery at the Battle of Molino del Rey. He was wounded at Chapultepec, for which he also received a brevet promotion to major. / Civil War / After the start of the Civil War, Porter became chief of staff and assistant adjutant general for the Department of Pennsylvania, but he was almost immediately promoted to colonel of the 15th Infantry on May 14, 1861, and then to brigadier general three days later. He received division command in the Army of the Potomac, newly formed under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, on August 28, 1861. This association with the soon-to-be-controversial McClellan would prove to be a disaster for Porter's military career. He commanded the division at the beginning of the Peninsula Campaign, seeing action at the Siege of Yorktown. McClellan created two provisional corps and Porter was assigned to command the V Corps. During the Seven Days Battles, and particularly at the Battle of Gaines' Mill, he displayed an excellent talent for defensive fighting. At the Battle of Malvern Hill he played a leading role. For his successful performance on the Peninsula he was promoted to major general of volunteers on July 4, 1862. Porter's corps was sent to reinforce Maj. Gen. John Pope in the Northern Virginia Campaign, a reassignment that he openly challenged and complained about, criticizing Pope personally. During the Second Battle of Bull Run, on August 29, 1862, he was ordered to attack the flank and rear of Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's wing of the Army of Northern Virginia. Porter had stopped at Dawkin's Branch w he had encountered Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry screen. He received a message from Pope directing him to attack the Confederate right (which Pope assumed to be Jackson on Stony Ridge), but at the same time to maintain contact with the neighboring division under Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds, a conflict in orders that could not be resolved. Pope was apparently unaware that Confederate Maj. Gen. James Longstreet's win... 
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