Battle of Second Manassas

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The Battle of Second Manassas, also known as the Second Battle of Bull Run, was a major Confederate victory in August 1862 during the American Civil War that solidified General Robert E. Lee’s offensive momentum in the Eastern Theater.

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Battle of Second Manassas canonical 2
Second Battle of Bull Run 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownFor heavy Union losses and disorganized retreat ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
campaign Northern Virginia Campaign ⓘ
combatantSide Confederate Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
commandedBy James Longstreet ⓘ
John Pope ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ
Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson ⓘ
linked to: Stonewall Jackson
commemoratedBy monuments at Manassas National Battlefield Park ⓘ
ConfederateCasualties over 8,000 ⓘ
ConfederateCommander James Longstreet ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ
Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson ⓘ
linked to: Stonewall Jackson
ConfederateStrength about 50,000 troops ⓘ
conflictIn American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date August 28–30, 1862 ⓘ
endDate 1862-08-30 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Antietam ⓘ
Maryland Campaign ⓘ
hasAlias Second Battle of Bull Run ⓘ
Second Manassas ⓘ
hasSite Manassas National Battlefield Park ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked the zenith of Confederate power in the Eastern Theater in 1862 ⓘ
isPartOf history of Virginia in the American Civil War ⓘ
LeeObjective destroy John Pope’s Army of Virginia before it could unite with the Army of the Potomac ⓘ
location Prince William County, Virginia ⓘ
near Manassas, Virginia ⓘ
notableAction James Longstreet’s massive flank attack on the Union left ⓘ
Stonewall Jackson’s defensive stand along an unfinished railroad grade ⓘ
partOf Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
PopeObjective engage and defeat Stonewall Jackson’s wing of Lee’s army ⓘ
precededBy First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ
Seven Days Battles ⓘ
primaryOpposingForces Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Army of Virginia ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
startDate 1862-08-28 ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
strategicOutcome enabled Confederate invasion of the North ⓘ
solidified Robert E. Lee’s offensive momentum in the Eastern Theater ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
UnionCasualties over 10,000 ⓘ
UnionCommander John Pope ⓘ
UnionStrength about 62,000 troops ⓘ

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1st Texas Infantry → engagement → Battle of Second Manassas ⓘ
Battle of Second Manassas → hasAlias → Second Battle of Bull Run ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Second Manassas
R. H. Anderson’s Division → engagement → Battle of Second Manassas ⓘ