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Article: Bull Run, Second Battle of
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BULL RUN, SECOND BATTLE OF
BULL RUN, SECOND BATTLE OF,
also known as the Second Battle of Manassas, was initiated by the decision of General Robert E. Lee, on 24 August 1862 at Jeffersonton, Virginia, to send the 23,000 troops of General T. J. ("Stonewall") Jackson to break the communications of Major General John Pope's Army of Virginia, entrenched along the Rappahannock River in Virginia. Jackson reached Bristoe Station on the twenty-sixth, plundered Pope's base at Manassas Junction the next day, and then proceeded to Groveton Heights, where he attacked a division under General Rufus King on the twenty-eighth. On the twenty-ninth, Pope in turn attacked Jackson, who with difficulty ...
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Article: Reenactors Prepare to Mark Battle of Bull ...
The Washington Post;
July 21, 2006 ;
700+ words
... ... 145th anniversary of the First Battle of Bull Run. Known to Confederate reenactors ... Wolfsberger as First Manassas, the battle on July 21, 1861, was the Civil ... are reenacted annually, the Battle of Bull Run is held every five years. It ...
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