Pope renews his attacks on August 30,…

August 1862 CE

Pope renews his attacks on August 30, seemingly unaware that Longstreet is on the field.

When massed Confederate artillery devastates a Union assault by Porter's corps, Longstreet's wing of twenty-eight thousand men counterattacks in the largest simultaneous mass assault of the war.

The Union left flank is crushed and the army driven back to Bull Run.

Only an effective Union rearguard action prevents a replay of the First Bull Run disaster.

Pope's retreat to Centreville is precipitous, nonetheless.

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Manassas Prince William Virginia United States View →

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Fitz John Porter View → James B. Ricketts View → James Longstreet View → John Pope View → Robert E. Lee View → Stonewall Jackson View →

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Virginia, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) View →

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American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War View → Northern Virginia Campaign View → Bull Run, Second Battle of View →

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