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.
Porter Between 1860 and 1870
Porter (seated in chair) and staff
a Statue of Porter in Haven Park, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Second Battle of Bull Run
The Second Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Second Manassas was fought August 28–30, 1862, in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War. It was the culmination of the Northern Virginia Campaign waged by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia against Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia, and a battle of much larger scale and numbers than the First Battle of Bull Run fought on July 21, 1861, on the same ground.
Second Battle of Bull Run, fought Augt. 29th 1862, 1860s lithograph by Currier and Ives
Battlefield of Manassas (right side)
Maj. Gen. John Pope, Army of Virginia (Commanding), USA
Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel (I Corps, Army of Virginia), USA