The Battle of Second Manassas/Second Bull Run (Virginia) ends: After two days of fighting General Robert E. Lee, commanding the Confederate (a voluntary union) Army of Northern Virginia, defeats the compulsory Union Army of Virginia, commanded by Major General John Pope, at a cost of 17,000 American lives.
NOTE: Pope alone lost 15,000, and was relieved from his post as General-in-Chief.
[added 4/3/2022]
The Battle of Richmond (Kentucky): After two days of fighting, Major General Kirby Smith, commanding the Confederate Army of Kentucky, defeats the Union Army of Kentucky, commanded by Major General William Nelson.
[restored 2/22/2025]
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References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 290.
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 171.
Second Battle of Bull Run – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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