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PORTER, Fitz John, Maj. Gen. (1822–1901). A sammelband of his court martial trial, comprising of: Proceedings of a General Court Martial for the Trial of... City of Washington, 1862. –– Review of the Judge Advocate General of the Proceedings, Findings, and Sentence of a General Court Martial…for the Trial of... Washington: Daily Chronicle Press, 1863. Original printed wrappers. –– A Reply to the Review of Judge Advocate General Holt of the Proceedings, Findings and Sentence…in the Case of… Baltimore: John Murphy & Co., 1863. Original printed wrappers. –– Appel of the President of the United States for a Re–Examination of the Proceedings… Morristown, 1869. Original printed wrappers. INSCRIBED BY PORTER ON FRONT WRAPPER. –– Reply to the Rejoinder of Maj. Gen. John Pope to the Appeal… Morristown, 1870. Original printed wrappers. INSCRIBED BY PORTER ON FRONT WRAPPER. –– Opinions and Memorials in the Case of… Morristown: “Banner” Steam Book and Job Printing, 1874. Original printed wrappers. –– Statement of Gen. Fitz John Porter, Services of the Fifth Army Corps in Northern Virginia, 1862. N.d. INSCRIBED BY PORTER ON FRONT WRAPPER. –– Argument of Asa Bird Gardner, Counsel for Government, After Conclusion of the Evidence in the Case of… Washington: Government Printing Office, 1879. Original printed wrappers. –– Argument of John C. Bullitt, counsel for… n.d. [ca. 1879]. –– Report of the Board of Officers in the Case of… Washington, D.C.: Army and Navy Gazette, 1879. Original printed wrappers. INSCRIBED BY PORTER ON FRONT WRAPPER. Together, 10 works bound in 2 volumes. Later quarter cloth; later separate titles and contents pages bound in. WITH AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM PORTER mounted on the ffep of Volume 2, one–page, dated 17 November 1881 and a CDV of the general mounted to the ffep of Volume I. Several works are inscribed by Porter to Murat Halstead, an American newspaper editor and war correspondent during three American wars. Porter was a Union general during the American Civil War, best known for his performance at the Second Battle of Bull Run and his subsequent court martial. Porter was sent to reinforce Maj. Gen John Pope in the Northern Virginia Campaign at Bull Run. Porter was directed by Pope to attack the Confederate right flank but Porter chose not to attack based on the intelligence he received that James Longstreet’s army was to his immediate front. On August 30, Pope again ordered the attack and Porter reluctantly complied this time. Roughly 30,000 Confederates assailed Porter’s 5,000 men, driving through them, and defeating the Union forces with ease. Pope was infuriated by the defeat and accused Porter of insubordination. On 25 November 1862, Porter was arrested and court–martialed for his actions at Second Bull Run and was dismissed from the Army on 21 January 1863. INCLUDED WITH A 6–PAGE ALS FROM JOHN POPE, on two bifolium, dated 10 March 1870 regarding the Porter case.