1-272-956 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

John Pope, Union general in the American Civil War, 1862-1867. Pope (1822-1892) was given command of the Army of Virginia in 1862. He was relieved of his command after suffering a heavy defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run in August of that year. He spent the rest of his army career serving with some distinction in the West. An engraving from volume II of The War with the South : a History of the Late Rebellion, by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G Smith, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 3 Volumes, 1862-1867.