The court-martial of Federal General Fitz John Porter ends with a shocking verdict and serves as a warning to all other Federal generals.

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The court-martial of Federal General Fitz John Porter ends with a shocking verdict and serves as a warning to all other Federal generals.
General Fitz John Porter stands trial, ostensibly for disobeying orders, but also because he symbolizes an era in the U.S. army that the Lincoln administration is trying to erase.
George B. McClellan formally turns the Army of the Potomac over to Ambrose E. Burnside and bids his troops a sad but fond farewell.
George B. McClellan receives orders finally removing him as commander of the Federal army that he had created.
George B. McClellan’s Federal Army of the Potomac is finally back in Virginia, but McClellan continues to rail against the Lincoln administration’s perceived unwillingness to give him what he needs to succeed.
George B. McClellan’s Federal Army of the Potomac crosses from Maryland to Virginia, nearly 40 days after the Battle of Antietam.