# John Pope — Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant character guide

> John Pope in Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Pope, General Pope, Brigadier-General John Pope

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Union general who commanded the Army of Virginia.

## In the story

### [Appointed Colonel of the 21st Illinois—Personnel of the Regiment—General Logan—March to Missouri—Movement Against Harris at Florida, Mo.—General Pope in Command—Stationed at Mexico, Mo.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/xviii)

Commanding the district of Missouri between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers; Grant reports to him and is assigned command of a sub-district at Mexico, Missouri.

### [Halleck Assumes Command in the Field—The Advance Upon Corinth—Occupation of Corinth—The Army Separated](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/xxvi)

Arrives with 30,000 men from Island Number Ten, commands the left wing. He pushes forward aggressively at Farmington but is ordered back to conform to the cautious general line.

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