Fitz-John Porter, Scapegoat of Second Manassas
One of the darkest days in United States history since Valley Forge was August 30, 1862. On this date the Confederate army smashed the United States army at Manassas, on the outskirts of Washington. To many, including the president and press, it appeared that Washington was all but lost.
The defeat was all the more galling because it was inflicted by a numerically inferior and inadequately eq...
One of the darkest days in United States history since Valley Forge was August 30, 1862. On this date the Confederate army smashed the United States army at Manassas, on the outskirts of Washington. To many, including the president and press, it appeared that Washington was all but lost.
The defeat was all the more galling because it was inflicted by a numerically inferior and inadequately eq...
