The Civil War had been good for John Pope. In December 1860, he was an obscure Army captain designing lighthouses on Lake Erie. Fifteen months later, he was a major general of volunteers, commanding an army of 32,000 men. In April 1862, Pope captured Island No. 10 after a nearly bloodless campaign that opened the …
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