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===Pope relieved of command===
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|quote  = A splendid army almost demoralized, millions of public property given up or destroyed, thousands of lives of our best men sacrificed for no purpose. I dare not trust myself to speak of this commander [Pope] as I feel and believe. Suffice to say ... that more insolence, superciliousness, ignorance, and pretentiousness were never combined in one man. It can in truth be said of him that he had not a friend in his command from the smallest drummer boy to the highest general officer.
|source = Brig. Gen. [[Alpheus S. Williams]] (II Corps division commander)<ref>Hennessy, p. 471.</ref>
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Pope was relieved of command on September 12, and his army was merged into the Army of the Potomac as it marched into Maryland under McClellan. He spent the remainder of the war in the Department of the Northwest in [[Minnesota]], dealing with the [[Dakota War of 1862]]. Pope sought scapegoats to spread the blame for his defeat. On November 25, Fitz John Porter was arrested and [[Court-martial of Fitz John Porter|court-martialed for his actions]] on August 29. Porter was found guilty on January 10, 1863, of disobedience and misconduct, and he was dismissed from the Army on January 21. He spent most of the remainder of his life fighting against the verdict. In 1878, a special commission under General [[John M. Schofield]] exonerated Porter by finding that his reluctance to attack Longstreet probably saved Pope's Army of Virginia from an even greater defeat. Eight years later, President [[Chester A. Arthur]] reversed Porter's sentence.<ref>Warner, p. 379.</ref>