A report on Second Battle of Bull Run
Fought August 28–30, 1862, in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War.
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Henry S. Lansing
0 linksAmerican Brevet Brigadier General who commanded the 17th New York Infantry Regiment during some of the deadliest battles of the American Civil War as well as commanding the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Division of the V Corps.
American Brevet Brigadier General who commanded the 17th New York Infantry Regiment during some of the deadliest battles of the American Civil War as well as commanding the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Division of the V Corps.
Lansing would then participate at the battles of 2nd Bull Run, Antietam, Frederickburg and Chancellorsville.
John Beardsley (colonel)
0 linksAmerican colonel who commanded the 9th New York Cavalry Regiment during the American Civil War and also commanded the Cavalry Brigade of the I Corps of the Army of Virginia before resigning after a series of controversies during his military career.
American colonel who commanded the 9th New York Cavalry Regiment during the American Civil War and also commanded the Cavalry Brigade of the I Corps of the Army of Virginia before resigning after a series of controversies during his military career.
The Cavalry Brigade then captured Waterloo Bridge near Warrenton, Virginia on August 25, 1862, during the Second Battle of Bull Run.
James B. Walton
0 linksJames Burdge Walton (1813–85) served for two decades in the famed New Orleans militia unit the Washington Artillery.
James Burdge Walton (1813–85) served for two decades in the famed New Orleans militia unit the Washington Artillery.
These batteries served in the Peninsula Campaign, at Second Manassas, and Antietam.
Cuvier Grover
0 linksCareer officer in the United States Army and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Career officer in the United States Army and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
His brigade was later transferred to the command of Maj. Gen. John Pope and cited for bravery in leading a bayonet charge against Confederate forces of Stonewall Jackson at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
John M. Brockenbrough
3 linksFarmer and a Confederate colonel in the American Civil War.
Farmer and a Confederate colonel in the American Civil War.
Brockenbrough assumed command of the brigade after Field was wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run and led it two days later at Chantilly.
William S. Baylor
0 linksAmerican lawyer and soldier who served as a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
American lawyer and soldier who served as a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Before his promotion to brigadier general could be confirmed, Baylor was killed in action on the afternoon of August 30, 1862, at Second Manassas after taking the colors of the 33rd Virginia Infantry and gallantly leading his brigade to the unfinished railroad in a charge against the Union V Corps.
Isaac Stevens
2 linksAmerican military officer and politician who served as governor of the Territory of Washington from 1853 to 1857, and later as its delegate to the United States House of Representatives.
American military officer and politician who served as governor of the Territory of Washington from 1853 to 1857, and later as its delegate to the United States House of Representatives.
Stevens was transferred with his IX Corps division to Virginia to serve under Major General John Pope in the Northern Virginia Campaign and the Second Battle of Bull Run.
Henry House Hill
2 linksLocation near Bull Run in Virginia.
Location near Bull Run in Virginia.
This hill was an important site of the battles of First and Second Bull Run (also known as First and Second Manassas) in the American Civil War.
Thomas Drayton
2 linksPlanter, politician, railroad president, and military officer from Charleston, South Carolina.
Planter, politician, railroad president, and military officer from Charleston, South Carolina.
Drayton led his brigade at Second Bull Run and in the Maryland Campaign.
Isaac R. Trimble
1 linksUnited States Army officer, a civil engineer, a prominent railroad construction superintendent and executive, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
United States Army officer, a civil engineer, a prominent railroad construction superintendent and executive, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
Pope was forced by this maneuver into attacking Jackson's strong defensive positions and suffered a severe defeat in the Second Battle of Bull Run.