second battle of bull run a.k.a second m anassas
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Second Battle of Bull Run a.k.a Second Manassas
August 28-30, 1862 Fought in Virginia
Overview• Who? Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s army of Northern Virginia vs.
Union Major General John Pope’s army of Virginia• What? Confederate general Robert E. Lee wanted to destroy John Pope’s
army before returning south• Where? Groveton, Stony Ridge, and Longstreet Avenue (Prince William
County VA)• When? August 28-30, 1862• Why? Because the South had taken the Union supply depot at Manassas
Junction and the Union had to regain it or lose that supply• How? “Union general John Pope has taken command of all Union armies
in the east and waits the return of McClellan’s army from the peninsula”“On the confederate side, Robert E. Lee decides to seek a decisive battle with
Pope hoping to destroy Pope’s army before Pope can be reinforced by McClellan’s army of the Potomic”
Army StatisticsUnion• 62,000 soldiers• 10,000 killed and
wounded• Defeated• Fought in a opposing
state
Confederacy• 50,000 soldiers• 1,300 killed• 7,000 wounded• Victorious• Fought on home land
CommandersJohn Pope • Born March 16, 1822 in
Louisville, Kentucky • Died September 23, 1892 in
Saint Louis, Missouri• Had a brief but successful
career in Western Theater• Union General• Was 40 years old when he
was the a general
Robert E. Lee• Born January 19, 1807 in
Stratford hall, Virginia • Died October 12, 1870 in
Lexington, Virginia• Nickname “Marble man”• Confederate General• Was 55 when he was a
general for the Confederate army
Importance!!The second battle of Bull Run was one of the
most important battles in the Civil War because it tilted the momentum in favor of the Confederacy. It weakened John Pope’s army and effected many battles to come. The rebels had staked everything in this battle and when it was do or die they succeeded and showed the Union they meant business.
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