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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George Sykes
Career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War.
Career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War.
During the Civil War, he was appointed commander of the 2nd Division of the V Corps of the Army of the Potomac during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862, and continued in that role through the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, and the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Evander M. Law
Author, teacher, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
Author, teacher, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
In the Northern Virginia Campaign, at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Law and Hood were used again as the primary assaulting force in Longstreet's surprise attack against the Union left flank, almost destroying Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia.
Cadmus M. Wilcox
Career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and also was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
Career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and also was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
He led it to Second Bull Run, but was held in reserve and saw no serious action.
David Rumph Jones
Confederate general in the American Civil War.
Confederate general in the American Civil War.
When Magruder departed for the Western Theater in July, Jones got permanent command, leading his troops at Second Battle of Bull Run and the Battle of Antietam, in both cases under Maj. Gen. James Longstreet.
Gouverneur K. Warren
American civil engineer and Union Army general during the American Civil War.
American civil engineer and Union Army general during the American Civil War.
He continued to lead the brigade at the Second Battle of Bull Run, suffering heavy casualties in a heroic stand against an overwhelming enemy assault, and at Antietam, where the V Corps was in reserve and saw no combat.
William Dorsey Pender
General in the Confederacy in the American Civil War serving as a Brigade and Divisional commander.
General in the Confederacy in the American Civil War serving as a Brigade and Divisional commander.
He was wounded in the arm at the Battle of Glendale, but recovered quickly enough to rejoin his brigade and fight at Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas (where he received a minor head wound from an exploding shell), Harpers Ferry, and Battle of Sharpsburg.
Abner Doubleday
Career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War.
Career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War.
In the actions at Brawner's farm, just before the Second Battle of Bull Run, he took the initiative to send two of his regiments to reinforce Brigadier General John Gibbon's brigade against a larger Confederate force, fighting it to a standstill.
Roger Atkinson Pryor
Virginian newspaper editor and politician who became known for his fiery oratory in favor of secession; he was elected both to national and Confederate office, and served as a general for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
Virginian newspaper editor and politician who became known for his fiery oratory in favor of secession; he was elected both to national and Confederate office, and served as a general for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
His brigade fought in the Peninsula Campaign and at Second Manassas, where it became detached in the swirling fighting and temporarily operated under Stonewall Jackson.
James L. Kemper
Lawyer, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and the 37th Governor of Virginia.
Lawyer, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and the 37th Governor of Virginia.
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.
Daniel Butterfield
New York businessman, a Union General in the American Civil War, and Assistant U.S. Treasurer.
New York businessman, a Union General in the American Civil War, and Assistant U.S. Treasurer.
Butterfield continued in brigade command at the Second Battle of Bull Run and the Battle of Antietam, became division commander and then V Corps commander for the Battle of Fredericksburg.