The Military Memoirs of General John Pope

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Maps and Illustrations ix
• Foreword xi
• Acknowledgments xv
• Introduction xvii
• Part One Missouri in 1861 1
• Chapter One - the Rush to the Ranks 3
• Chapter Two - an Unpleasant Page of History 15
• Chapter Three - Quiet and Good Order Are of All Things Desirable 21
• Part Two New Madrid and Islands No. 10 41
• Chapter Four - the Conduct of the Troops Was Splendid 43
• Part Three the Siege of Corinth 59
• Chapter Five - We Sauntered Along Slowly 61
• Chapter Six - Confederate Generals at Corinth 76
• Chapter Seven - Federal Generals at Corinth 88
• Chapter Eight We Frittered Away Our Strength 105
• Part Four the Second Bull Run Campaign 111
• Chapter Nine Summoned East: I Was Most Reluctant to Leave 113
• Chapter Ten the Battle of Cedar Mountain: Always a Source of Regret 126
• Chapter Eleven Leave Pope to Get Out of His Scrape 143
• Part Five Miscellaneous Recollectionsssss 171
• Chapter Twelve Abraham Lincoln 173
• Chapter Thirteen the Mexican War and Washington in 1861 188
• Chapter Fourteen Prominent Confederates 205
• Chapter Fifteen West Pointers to the Front 210
• Appendix a Postwar Correspondence Between Pope and the Comte De Paris Pertaining to the Second Bull Run Campaign 217
• Appendix B Pope's Memoirs in the National Tribune 239
• Notes 243
• Index 281

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