Radical Sacrifice: The Rise and Ruin of Fitz John Porter (William Marvel - UA) cup most remaining troops stacked their

most remaining troops stacked their arms and accepted paroles allowing them to return home

000 Union and Confederate soldiers were still in the field bringing war with them as they moved across the state’s verdant heartland

and the contents of a never-before-seen contemporary scrapbook to explain how the country descended into civil war

Carnahan's exploration of the president's war powers illuminates the origins of early debates about war powers and the Constitution and their link to international law

but to make peace

Radical Sacrifice: The Rise and Ruin of Fitz John Porter (William Marvel - UA) cup most remaining troops stacked theirRadical Sacrifice: The Rise and Ruin of Fitz John Porter (Civil War America) by William Marvel 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.