A report on James L. Kemper, Seven Days Battles and Second Battle of Bull Run

George B. McClellan and Robert E. Lee, respective commanders of the Union and Confederate armies in the Seven Days
Second Battle of Bull Run, fought Augt. 29th 1862, 1860s lithograph by Currier and Ives
Seven Days Battles: map of events (left side)
Northeastern Virginia (1862)
Map of Southeastern Virginia
Second Bull Run Campaign, August 17–30, 1862 (Additional map).
Map of Southeastern Virginia (additional map)
Battlefield of Manassas (right side)
Seven Days Battles, June 26–27, 1862
Action at Brawner's Farm, August 28
Seven Days Battles, June 30, 1862
August 29, 10 a.m.: Sigel's attack
Seven Days Battles, July 1, 1862
August 29, 12 noon: Longstreet arrives, Porter stalls
<center>Brig. Gen. Edwin V. Sumner</center>
August 29, 3 p.m.: Grover's attack
<center>Brig. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman</center>
August 29, 5–7 p.m., Kearny's attack, Hood vs. Hatch
<center>Brig. Gen. Erasmus D. Keyes</center>
Stonewall Jackson's cannons on Henry House Hill
<center>Brig. Gen. Fitz John Porter</center>
August 30, 3 p.m., Porter's attack
<center>Brig. Gen. William B. Franklin</center>
August 30, 4 p.m.: Start of Longstreet's attack
<center>Brig. Gen. Philip St. George Cooke</center>
August 30, 4:30 p.m.: Union defense of Chinn Ridge
<center>Maj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson</center>
August 30, 5 p.m.: Final Confederate attacks, beginning of the Union retreat
<center>Maj. Gen. James Longstreet</center>
Bridge crossed by the Union troops retreating to Centreville
<center>Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder</center>
Soldiers stand next to a completely destroyed Henry House in 1862
<center>Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill</center>
Union troops retreat after the battle
<center>Maj. Gen. Benjamin Huger</center>
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<center>Maj. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes</center>
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Map of events during the Peninsula campaign to the Battle of Seven Pines Confederate Union
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<center>Soldiers stand next to a completely destroyed Henry House in 1862</center>
<center>Virginia, Bull Run. Ruins of Stone Bridge, 1862</center>
<center>A group of men stand near the Manassas Railroad Junction railroad tracks in 1862 with a train in the background</center>
<center>A group of men near Manassas Railroad Junction in 1862</center>
<center>A group of men near Manassas Railroad Junction in 1862</center>
<center>Men sit near the Manassas Junction railroad in 1862</center>
<center>Picking up debris of trains after Pope's retreat</center>
<center>Bull Run, Va. Dedication of the battle monument; Judge Abram B. Olin of the District of Columbia Supreme Court, who delivered the address, stands by the rail.</center>
Battle map drafted by Sneden, Robert Knox, with notes on Union and Confederate strengths, casualties, done in pen and ink and water color
Northern Virginia Campaign, August 7–28, 1862 Confederate Union

After the collapse of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign in the Seven Days Battles of June 1862, President Abraham Lincoln appointed John Pope to command the newly formed Army of Virginia.

- Second Battle of Bull Run

During the Seven Days Battles, Kemper's brigade was held in reserve at the Battle of Gaines's Mill.

- James L. Kemper

At the Second Battle of Bull Run, Kemper's division took part in Longstreet's surprise attack against the Union left flank, almost destroying Major General John Pope's Army of Virginia.

- James L. Kemper

Maj. Gen. James Longstreet's division consisted of the brigades of Brig. Gens. James L. Kemper, Richard H. Anderson, George E. Pickett, Cadmus M. Wilcox, Roger A. Pryor, and Winfield Scott Featherston. Longstreet also had operational command over Hill's Light Division.

- Seven Days Battles

Brig Gen. James L. Kemper (brigades of Col. Montgomery D. Corse, Brig Gen. Micah Jenkins, Col. Eppa Hunton

- Second Battle of Bull Run

Despite heavy casualties, which the less-populated South could ill afford, and clumsy tactical performances by Lee and his generals, Confederate morale skyrocketed, and Lee was emboldened to continue his aggressive strategy through the Second Battle of Bull Run and the Maryland Campaign.

- Seven Days Battles

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James Longstreet

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One of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse".

One of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse".

Antebellum portrait of Longstreet
Sketch of Longstreet as a Confederate
August 30, 4 p.m.: Start of Longstreet's attack
Longstreet circa 1862
A map of the Battle of Fredericksburg
Longstreet at Gettysburg c. undefined 1900
Gettysburg, July 2
Pickett's Charge, July 3
Longstreet's Left Wing assaults, mid-day September 20
Carte de Visite portrait of Longstreet
James Longstreet after the war
James Longstreet after the war
James Longstreet in later life (1896), affecting the sideburns of his opponent at Fredericksburg and Knoxville
Longstreet's grave
Equestrian statue of General Longstreet on his horse Hero in Pitzer Woods at Gettysburg National Military Park
Map of events during the Peninsula campaign to the Battle of Seven Pines Confederate Union
Longstreet's attack in the Battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, shortly before he was wounded Confederate Union

He performed poorly at Seven Pines by accidentally marching his men down the wrong road, causing them to arrive late, but played an important role in the Confederate success of the Seven Days Battles in the summer of 1862, where he helped supervise repeated attacks which drove the Union army away from the Confederate capital of Richmond.

Longstreet led a devastating counterattack that routed the Union army at Second Bull Run in August.

General Pickett placed the brigades of Garnett and Brigadier General James L. Kemper in front with Armistead behind them in support.