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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Orlando Metcalfe Poe
0 linksUnited States Army officer and engineer in the American Civil War.
United States Army officer and engineer in the American Civil War.
His brigade anchored the far right of the Union line at the August 29–30 battle of Second Bull Run but was only lightly engaged.
Abram Duryée
3 linksUnion Army general during the American Civil War, the commander of one of the most famous Zouave regiments, the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry.
Union Army general during the American Civil War, the commander of one of the most famous Zouave regiments, the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry.
He later fought in the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Second Battle of Bull Run, and several others.
Battle of Chantilly
8 linksThe Battle of Chantilly (or Ox Hill, the Confederate name) took place on September 1, 1862, in Fairfax County, Virginia, as the concluding battle of the Northern Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War.
The Battle of Chantilly (or Ox Hill, the Confederate name) took place on September 1, 1862, in Fairfax County, Virginia, as the concluding battle of the Northern Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War.
Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's corps of the Army of Northern Virginia attempted to cut off the line of retreat of the Union Army of Virginia following the Second Battle of Bull Run but was attacked by two Union divisions.
John Buford
3 linksUnited States Army cavalry officer.
United States Army cavalry officer.
His first command was a cavalry brigade under Major General John Pope, and he distinguished himself at Second Bull Run in August 1862, where he was wounded, and also saw action at Antietam in September and Stoneman's Raid in spring 1863.
Micah Jenkins
2 linksConfederate general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded by friendly fire at the Battle of the Wilderness.
Confederate general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded by friendly fire at the Battle of the Wilderness.
He was later wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run in August 1862, this time in the shoulder and chest.
Philip Kearny
3 linksUnited States Army officer, notable for his leadership in the Mexican–American War and American Civil War.
United States Army officer, notable for his leadership in the Mexican–American War and American Civil War.
By the end of August 1862, General Kearny led his division at the disastrous Second Battle of Bull Run, which saw the Union Army routed and nearly destroyed by Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
William Dorsey Pender
5 linksGeneral 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.
Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski
0 linksPolish American engineer, politician, and brigadier general in the Union Army.
Polish American engineer, politician, and brigadier general in the Union Army.
Krzyżanowski participated in the battles of Cross Keys in the Shenandoah Valley, and Second Bull Run (Second Manassas), where he was injured when his horse fell, Chancellorsville, where his brigade and the corps they were part of were routed by a Confederate flank attack, and Gettysburg in the Eastern Theater.
David Rumph Jones
6 linksConfederate 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.
Cadmus M. Wilcox
6 linksCareer 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.