Colorized Past - Brigadier General John Pope (USV) John Pope was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His father was a prominent judge in Illinois Territory and a friend of Abraham Lincoln. He graduated
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Major General John Pope, ca. 1862 - Portraits Collection - University of Washington Digital Collections
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![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 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](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2GNBH7P/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-from-the-book-the-civil-war-through-the-camera-hundreds-of-vivid-photographs-actually-taken-in-civil-war-times-sixteen-reproductions-in-color-of-famous-war-paintings-the-new-text-history-by-henry-w-elson-a-complete-illustrated-history-of-the-civil-war-2GNBH7P.jpg)