Second+Manassas+Union+Generals

There were three major union generals in the battle of Second Manassas. They included Major General John Pope, Major General Irvin Mcdowell and Major General Fitz John Porter. John Pope was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He had a successful career in the Western Theater. But he is best known for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run in the East. After the Civil War he resumed a successful military career in the Indian Wars. He was in the American Civil War Apache Wars. Pope was serving on lighthouse duty when Abraham Lincoln was elected and he was one of four officers selected to escort the president-elect to Washington D.C. He offered to serve Lincoln as an aide, but on June 14, 1861, he was appointed brigadier general of volunteers date of rank effective May 17, 1861 and was ordered to Illinois to recruit volunteers. John Pope

Main Generals Irvin McDowell- was born in Columbus, Ohio. He served in the army form 1838 to 1882. he died in San Francisco, California. He had never been the leader of the combat troops before.

Fitz John Porter - ​ He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He died in Morristown, New Jersey. Porter was promoted to second lieutenant on June 18, 1846 and First Lieutenant on May 29, 1847.