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After reading William Marvel's new book on Fitz John Porter I decided to visit the locations of some of the events of the controversy.
One landmark location between Porter's position at Dawkins Branch and Groveton was a crossroads called Five Forks. A completely obscure location today, Five Forks appeared on period maps and was referred to dozens of times by endless witnesses at the Fitz John Porter court martial and later hearings. The area was surrounded by woods and rough country terrain and there was much testimony about how difficult (or not) it would have been for Porter's division and artillery to go cross-country toward Groveton rather than back-track to the Manassas-Sudley road. One-time Groveton postmaster and local guide for General Lee during Second Manassas, John T. Leachman, even testified he believed he was the one to give the crossroads its name. There is a historical marker near the location.
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One landmark location between Porter's position at Dawkins Branch and Groveton was a crossroads called Five Forks. A completely obscure location today, Five Forks appeared on period maps and was referred to dozens of times by endless witnesses at the Fitz John Porter court martial and later hearings. The area was surrounded by woods and rough country terrain and there was much testimony about how difficult (or not) it would have been for Porter's division and artillery to go cross-country toward Groveton rather than back-track to the Manassas-Sudley road. One-time Groveton postmaster and local guide for General Lee during Second Manassas, John T. Leachman, even testified he believed he was the one to give the crossroads its name. There is a historical marker near the location.
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