Statement Of R. Morris Copeland - Softcover

R. Morris Copeland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371937051 ISBN 13: 9780371937051

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Statement Of R. Morris Copeland by R. Morris Copeland. R. Morris Copeland, Assistant Adjutant-General and Major of Volunteers, recounts his Civil War service, the circumstances of his discharge in August 1862, and his long fight to clear his name. Copeland details his rise in the Massachusetts service, serving as quartermaster of the Second Massachusetts Regiment and later as aide-de-camp to Major-General Banks, with duties along the Potomac and in the Shenandoah Valley. He describes his attempts to learn the charges against him, his correspondence with Banks, the Secretary of War (Stanton), President Lincoln, and Governor Andrew of Massachusetts, including attempts to raise colored troops and to obtain re-assignment. He explains his belief that the dismissal stemmed from political motives and from contested accounts in Washington, rather than an actual breach of trust, and he presents letters and appendices defending his honor. The work is a personal memoir and political-military testimony about Civil War command, authority, and accountability, and it sheds light on the friction between military leaders and the War Department during a crisis in the Shenandoah and Virginia campaigns.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371937051
• ISBN 13: 9780371937051
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 56