second Manassas : phase 2 (august 28-30 1862)

source : ‘the atlas of the civil war’ by James M. McPherson, Courage Books, 2005

From august 27 to the evening of the 28, Pope’s forces scoured the area looking for Jackson’s elusive raiders. Continue reading “second Manassas : phase 2 (august 28-30 1862)”

second Manassas (Bull Run) campaign : phase 1 (14 july – 27 august 1862)

source : ‘the atlas of the civil war’ by James M. McPherson, Courage Books, 2005

In the sweltering heat of late july, 1862, a new threat to the Confederacy loomed out of northern Virginia. Continue reading “second Manassas (Bull Run) campaign : phase 1 (14 july – 27 august 1862)”