John Pope (military officer)
| John Pope | |
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Brig. Gen. John Pope
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| Born |
March 16, 1822 Louisville, Kentucky |
| Died | September 23, 1892 (aged 70) Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home near Sandusky, Ohio |
| Place of burial | Bellefontaine Cemetery St. Louis, Missouri |
| Allegiance |
United States of America Union |
| Service/branch |
United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1842–1886 |
| Rank |
 Major General
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| Commands held |
Army of the Mississippi Army of Virginia Department of the Northwest Department of the Missouri Military Division of the Pacific |
| Battles/wars | Apache Wars |
John Pope (March 16, 1822 – September 23, 1892) was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He had a brief stint in the Western Theater, but he is best known for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas) in the East.
Pope was a graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1842. He served in the Mexican-American War and had numerous assignments as a topographical engineer and surveyor in Florida, New Mexico, and Minnesota. He spent much of the last decade before the Civil War surveying possible southern routes for the proposed First Transcontinental Railroad. He was an early appointee as a Union brigadier general of volunteers and served initially under Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont. He achieved initial success against Brig. Gen. Sterling Price in Missouri, then led a successful campaign that captured Island No. 10 on the Mississippi River. This inspired the Lincoln administration to bring him to the Eastern Theater to lead the newly formed Army of Virginia.
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