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John Pope (March 16, 1822 – September 23, 1892) was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He had a brief stint in the Western Theater, but he is best known for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas) in the East.
Pope was a graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1842. He served in the Mexican-American War and had numerous assignments as a topographical engineer and surveyor in Florida, New Mexico, and Minnesota. He spent much of the last decade before the Civil War surveying possible southern routes for the proposed First Transcontinental Railroad. He was an early appointee as a Union brigadier general of volunteers and served initially under Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont. He achieved initial success against Brig. Gen. Sterling Price in Missouri, then led a successful campaign that captured Island No. 10 on the Mississippi River. This inspired the Lincoln administration to bring him to the Eastern Theater to lead the newly formed Army of Virginia.
He initially alienated many of his officers and men by publicly denigrating their record in comparison to his Western command. He launched an offensive against the Confederate army of General Robert E. Lee, in which he fell prey to a strategic turning movement into his rear areas by Maj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson. At Second Bull Run, he concentrated his attention on attacking Jackson while the other Confederate corps attacked his flank and routed his army. Following Manassas, Pope was banished far from the Eastern Theater to the Department of the Northwest in Minnesota, where he commanded U.S. Forces in the Dakota War of 1862. He was appointed to command the Department of the Missouri in 1865 and was a prominent and activist commander during Reconstruction in Atlanta. For the rest of his military career, he fought in the Indian Wars, particularly against the Apache and Sioux.
Pope was a graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1842. He served in the Mexican-American War and had numerous assignments as a topographical engineer and surveyor in Florida, New Mexico, and Minnesota. He spent much of the last decade before the Civil War surveying possible southern routes for the proposed First Transcontinental Railroad. He was an early appointee as a Union brigadier general of volunteers and served initially under Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont. He achieved initial success against Brig. Gen. Sterling Price in Missouri, then led a successful campaign that captured Island No. 10 on the Mississippi River. This inspired the Lincoln administration to bring him to the Eastern Theater to lead the newly formed Army of Virginia.
He initially alienated many of his officers and men by publicly denigrating their record in comparison to his Western command. He launched an offensive against the Confederate army of General Robert E. Lee, in which he fell prey to a strategic turning movement into his rear areas by Maj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson. At Second Bull Run, he concentrated his attention on attacking Jackson while the other Confederate corps attacked his flank and routed his army. Following Manassas, Pope was banished far from the Eastern Theater to the Department of the Northwest in Minnesota, where he commanded U.S. Forces in the Dakota War of 1862. He was appointed to command the Department of the Missouri in 1865 and was a prominent and activist commander during Reconstruction in Atlanta. For the rest of his military career, he fought in the Indian Wars, particularly against the Apache and Sioux.
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The U.S. - Dakota War of 1862: A Brief Summary
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Thanks for letting us know Maj Marty Hogan that March 16 is the anniversary of the birth of career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War John Pope.
John Pope was USMA graduate number 1,127. His civil war general officer classmates included future BG Henry Lawrence Eustis [Fort Eustis namesake]; MG John Newton, MG William Stark Rosecrans, CSA MG Gustavus Smith, CSA MG Mansfield Lovell, BG Seth Williams, MG Abner Doubleday, CSA LTC Daniel Harvey [DH] Hill, MG Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana, MG George Sykes, CSA LTG Richard Heron Anderson, CSA MG Lafayette McLaws, CSA MG Earl Van Dorn and CSA LTG James Longstreet
[Listed in graduation order]
Most of the general officers on both sides in the Civil War had fought alongside each other in earlier wars after knowing each other as USMA cadets.
Rest in peace John Pope!
Following Manassas, Pope was banished far from the Eastern Theater to the Department of the Northwest in Minnesota, where he commanded U.S. Forces in the Dakota War of 1862.
The U.S. - Dakota War of 1862: A Brief Summary
For six weeks in 1862, war raged throughout southwestern Minnesota. There were many causes for the war. The war and its aftermath changed the course of the state's history and descendants of those touched by the war continue to live with the trauma it caused.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzBVv7Z03co
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Orlando Illi Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price CPT Jack Durish Capt Tom Brown MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SGT (Join to see) Sgt Albert Castro SSG David Andrews Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. CPL Dave Hoover SGT Mark Halmrast SPC Margaret Higgins SrA Christopher Wright
John Pope was USMA graduate number 1,127. His civil war general officer classmates included future BG Henry Lawrence Eustis [Fort Eustis namesake]; MG John Newton, MG William Stark Rosecrans, CSA MG Gustavus Smith, CSA MG Mansfield Lovell, BG Seth Williams, MG Abner Doubleday, CSA LTC Daniel Harvey [DH] Hill, MG Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana, MG George Sykes, CSA LTG Richard Heron Anderson, CSA MG Lafayette McLaws, CSA MG Earl Van Dorn and CSA LTG James Longstreet
[Listed in graduation order]
Most of the general officers on both sides in the Civil War had fought alongside each other in earlier wars after knowing each other as USMA cadets.
Rest in peace John Pope!
Following Manassas, Pope was banished far from the Eastern Theater to the Department of the Northwest in Minnesota, where he commanded U.S. Forces in the Dakota War of 1862.
The U.S. - Dakota War of 1862: A Brief Summary
For six weeks in 1862, war raged throughout southwestern Minnesota. There were many causes for the war. The war and its aftermath changed the course of the state's history and descendants of those touched by the war continue to live with the trauma it caused.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzBVv7Z03co
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Orlando Illi Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price CPT Jack Durish Capt Tom Brown MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SGT (Join to see) Sgt Albert Castro SSG David Andrews Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. CPL Dave Hoover SGT Mark Halmrast SPC Margaret Higgins SrA Christopher Wright
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