A report on Army of Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Second Battle of Bull Run and John F. Reynolds
It was the culmination of the Northern Virginia Campaign waged by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia against Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia, and a battle of much larger scale and numbers than the First Battle of Bull Run (or First Manassas) fought on July 21, 1861 on the same ground.
- Second Battle of Bull RunOne of the Union Army's most respected senior commanders, he played a key role in committing the Army of the Potomac to the Battle of Gettysburg and was killed at the start of the battle.
- John F. ReynoldsThree corps of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac later were added for combat operations.
- Army of VirginiaThe entire army was soundly defeated at the Second Battle of Bull Run by Jackson, Longstreet, and Lee, and withdrew to the defensive lines of Washington, D.C. On September 12, 1862, the units of the Army of Virginia were merged into the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Virginia was never reconstituted.
- Army of VirginiaAfter the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Army of the Potomac absorbed the units that had served under Maj. Gen. John Pope.
- Army of the PotomacOn the contrary, Pope's army consisted of different units, and was named the Army of Virginia.
- Army of the PotomacReynolds's Division, commanded by John F. Reynolds (the Pennsylvania Reserves)
- Army of VirginiaThe V Corps joined the Army of Virginia, under Maj. Gen. John Pope, at Manassas.
- John F. ReynoldsOn the second day of the Second Battle of Bull Run, while most of the Union Army was retreating, Reynolds led his men in a last-ditch stand on Henry House Hill, site of the great Union debacle at First Bull Run the previous year.
- John F. ReynoldsThe Pennsylvania Reserves, in particular, suffered heavy losses including its division commander, who was captured by the Confederates, and two of its three brigadiers (John F. Reynolds, also captured, and George Meade, who was wounded).
- Army of the PotomacThe Kanawha Division (detachment) and parts of three army corps of Gen. McClellan's Army of the Potomac, eventually joined Pope for combat operations, raising his strength to 77,000:
- Second Battle of Bull RunSigel, unsure of Jackson's dispositions, chose to advance along a broad front, with Brig. Gen. Robert C. Schenck's division, supported by Brig. Gen. John F. Reynolds's division (McDowell's III Corps) on the left, Brig. Gen. Robert H. Milroy's independent brigade in the center, and Brig. Gen. Carl Schurz's division on the right.
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Maryland campaign
0 linksThe Maryland campaign (or Antietam campaign) occurred September 4–20, 1862, during the American Civil War.
The Maryland campaign (or Antietam campaign) occurred September 4–20, 1862, during the American Civil War.
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North was repulsed by the Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, who moved to intercept Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia and eventually attacked it near Sharpsburg, Maryland.
Lee then conducted the northern Virginia campaign in which he outmaneuvered and defeated Maj. Gen. John Pope and his Army of Virginia, most significantly at the Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas).
Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin called for 50,000 militia to turn out, and he nominated Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds, a native Pennsylvanian, to command them.