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.