The Army Under Pope; Campaigns of the Civil War--IV

New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882. Later printing presumed. Hardcover. Fair. xii, [2], 229, [9] pages. Footnotes. Cover has wear and soiling. Ex-Institutional library with usual markings. Some endpaper and page discoloration. Includes Preface, Table of Authorities and Abbreviations, List of Maps, Chapters on The Situation in July, 1862; The Battle of Cedar Mountain; On the Rappahannock; Jackson's Raid; The Pursuit of Jackson; The Battle of Gainesville; McDowell and Porter; The Battle of Groveton; Longstreet and Porter; The Battle of Manassas; The Battle of Chantilly; Halleck and McClellan; and Final Reflections. Also contains Appendices on The Address to the Army, and General orders; Porter's Night March; Potter's Orders and Despatches on the 29th; The Losses in Battle; The Numbers of the Two Armies; Time of the Arrival of Kemper's Division; Roster of the Federal and Confederate Armies at the Battle of Manassas, otherwise called the Second Battle of Bull Run, fought on Saturday, August 30, 1862. Also contains index. John Codman Ropes (April 28, 1836 - October 28, 1899) was an American military historian and lawyer, and the co-founder of the law firm Ropes & Gray. The author was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts. The focus of his work was the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, which he founded in 1876. The work of this society was the collection and discussion of evidence relating to the Civil War. Most members of this society except himself had fought through the war, and many were general officers of great distinction, it was from first to last maintained and guided by Ropes. This books is a companion volume to Francis Palfrey's "The Peninsula". McClellen moved the Army of the Potomac by sea to drive up the Yorktown peninsula on Richmond. Pope remained behind with what was renamed the "Army of Virginia" to defend Washington (The only instance of a Union army being named after a state instead of a river.) It was hoped that he could keep Washington covered while advancing on Richmond, and link up there with McClellen. But Stonewall Jackson was loose in the Shenandoah, which posed the threat of an end run attack on Washington. Lincoln feared for Washington's safety and kept Pope's force pinned at Fredericksburg, while Jackson slipped from the valley to join Lee in the defeat of McClellen. Once McClellen was beaten and withdrawing by sea, Lee and Jackson turned against Pope. Pope was defeated at the battle of Manassas (2nd Bull Run) and retreated into the city of Washington. This excellent study of small unit actions shows exactly what the opposing commanders were thinking and worrying about. The appendix contains actual exchanges of battlefield communications.