Название: Radical Sacrifice: The Rise and Ruin of Fitz John Porter (Civil War America)
Автор: William Marvel
Издательство: The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 1469661853
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 496
Размер: 9,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

Born into a distinguished military family, Fitz John Porter (1822-1901) was educated at West Point and breveted for bravery in the war with Mexico. Already a well-respected officer at the outset of the Civil War, as a general in the Union army he became a favorite of George B. McClellan, who chose him to command the Fifth Corps of the Army of the Potomac.