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Pope (JOHN an American military)

JOHN, an American military officer; born in Louisville, Ky., March 16, 1822; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1842, and . He served in Florida (1842-1844 ), and in the Mexican War, and was brevetted captain for gallantry. He was afterward employed in exploring and surveying in the West, till the outbreak of the Civil War, when he was appointed Brigadier-General of volunteers. In 1861 he drove the ; in 1862 he captured New Madrid in March, and was made Major- General, commanded the Army of the Mississippi in the operations against Corinth, and was assigned to the command of the Army of Virginia, with the rank of Brigadier-General, U. S. A. For 15 days in August he faced Lee, but was defeated at the second battle of Bull Run, ond battle of Bull Run, on the 29th and requested to be relieved, and was transferred to Minnesota, where he kept the Indians in check. He held various commands till 1886, when he retired. In 1882 he became Major- General, U. S. A.

Pope died in Sandusky, O., Sept. 23, dusky, O., Sept. 23, 1892.

POPERINGHE, a town in West Flanders, Belgium, near the French frontier, 6 miles W. S. W. of Ypres. It has an ancient wall and mediæval church, and its industries include the gathering of hops and the making of cloths. The town as a result of the World War was largely reduced to ruins, being the scene, along with Ypres, of some of the bloodiest fighting in the war. Pop. about 12,000.