Excerpt from Argument of John C. Bullitt, Counsel for the Petitioner, Fitz John Porter, Before the Advisory Board of Officers at West Point, January 6th, 1879 To revise the proceedings of the court-martial in the case of Major Gen. Fitz-john Porter, and to report fully upon any legal questions that may. Have arisen in. Them, and upon the bearing of the testimony in reference to the charges and specifications exhibited against the accused and upon which he was tried (page 299, O. R.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.