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Stone Bridge at Manassas
Looking west at the Stone Bridge in the foreground and behind it the modern bridge that carries US 29. In this presentation at Pamplin Park’s “Museum of the Civil War Soldier” conference, historian John Hennessy discusses the Stone Bridge at Manassas, which figured into both the First and Second battles at Bull Run, aka Manassas. The video’s description reads, “Historian John Hennessy talked…
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September 12, 1862, 4 A.M. Sleepless President wires McClellan: "How does it look now?" [No answer to this telegram has been found.]
Later the President is still interested in troop movement in Maryland. Writes Gen. McClellan: "Receiving nothing from Harper's Ferry or Martinsburg to-day, and positive information from Wheeling that the line is cut, corroborates the idea that the enemy is recrossing the Potomac. Please do not let him get off without being hurt." [Source: The Lincoln Log]
Lincoln's concern follows The Battle of Second Bull Run (or Second Manassas) August 30-31, 1862- where the Union army was defeated a second time. A Family and Nation Under Fire, Kent State University Press iBooks https://goo.gl/SAVc8A B&N https://goo.gl/DSQXGu Amazon: https://goo.gl/A3brGd KSU http://goo.gl/Z3z4Xs
August 28th-30th, 1862
The forces of Union Maj. Gen. John Pope and Confederate Gen. Robert E Lee and Maj. Gen. Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson clash in the Second Battle of Bull Run, or Second Manassas. On the 28th, fighting rages around Brawner's Farm, ending in a stalemate. Pope launches attacks on Jackson throughout the second day, apparently unaware of the arrival of fresh Confederate troops under Maj. Gen. Longstreet, who counteract ferociously on the 30th. The battle ends with Pope retreating and Lee pursuing. (x) (x) (x)