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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Carl Schurz
2 linksGerman revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer.
German revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer.
![Carl Schurz, [ca. 1859–1870]. Carte de Visite Collection, Boston Public Library.](https://hyperleap.com/images/74a6998b9257baf71c9d86a018dcc3b1/200-46488d733f65b29d55363649c323d0d7.jpg)
![Carl Schurz, [ca. 1859–1870]. Carte de Visite Collection, Boston Public Library.](https://hyperleap.com/images/74a6998b9257baf71c9d86a018dcc3b1/200-16235b57c046694a3c9245d84e177a14.jpg)
In June, he took command of a division, first under John C. Frémont, and then in Franz Sigel's corps, with which he took part in the Second Battle of Bull Run in August 1862.
Henry Halleck
5 linksSenior United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer.
Senior United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer.
A telling example of his lack of control was during the Northern Virginia Campaign of 1862, when Halleck was unable to motivate McClellan to reinforce Pope in a timely manner, contributing to the Union defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
Robert H. Milroy
1 linksLawyer, judge, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War, most noted for his defeat at the Second Battle of Winchester in 1863.
Lawyer, judge, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War, most noted for his defeat at the Second Battle of Winchester in 1863.
Milroy commanded another brigade in Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia for the Second Battle of Bull Run.
Adolph von Steinwehr
1 linksGerman-Brunswick army officer who emigrated to the United States, became a geographer, cartographer, and author, and served as a Union general in the American Civil War.
German-Brunswick army officer who emigrated to the United States, became a geographer, cartographer, and author, and served as a Union general in the American Civil War.
It was assigned to the Army of Virginia, under Maj. Gen. John Pope, and participated in the Northern Virginia Campaign, but had little role in the Second Battle of Bull Run.
Gouverneur K. Warren
5 linksAmerican 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.
6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
2 linksInfantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
It saw severe fighting in the 1862 Northern Virginia Campaign, fighting at Brawner's Farm during the early part of the Second Battle of Bull Run.
George T. Anderson
4 linksGeneral in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
He saw battle during the Peninsula Campaign at Yorktown and commanded a brigade during the Seven Days Battles, Second Bull Run, Fox's Gap, Antietam, and Fredericksburg.
Orange and Alexandria Railroad
1 linksRailroad in Virginia, United States.
Railroad in Virginia, United States.
Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson attacked it in the Battle of Manassas Station Operations to draw the Union into the 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run.
David B. Birney
2 linksBusinessman, lawyer, and a Union general in the American Civil War.
Businessman, lawyer, and a Union general in the American Civil War.
He fought at the Second Battle of Bull Run in support of Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia, and at the Battle of Chantilly immediately following.
7th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
1 linksInfantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The regiment saw its first action at Second Bull Run, followed by the Maryland Campaign which produced severe casualties.