The second bull run
It was July 1862 and the Civil War had been raging on for over a year. Eleven months longer than anyone ever expected. Both sides predicted a quick and swift victory. Neither expected the bloodshed would last four long years, with both sides suffering terrible loses. Neither sides predicated that the war would be the cause of over 620,000 casualties. Men signed up to join the army expecting adventure and time away from the usual day at home. Little did they know they didn¹t have a good chance of making it home alive, or at least in one piece. They didn¹t know the kind of warfare they would see. They didn¹t realize they would see so many men die. The Civil War introduced a whole new kind of war. The fighting tactics and weapons changed. The Civil War had repeating guns like the Gatling gun, a primitive type of machine gun. The first iron naval ships were used. As far as fighting tactics, no war had ever seen so much hand to hand combat. Both sides did have one strategy in common, and that was to attack each others capital and deliver a knockout blow to end the war. In spring of 1862 the Confederates moved their capital from Montgomery, Alabama to Richmond, Virginia, just over 90 miles south of Washington D.C. For this reason Vi
On August 30, 1862, Lee¹s plan for the day would be to have Longstreet attack Pope¹s left side. General Reynolds warned Pope about the possible attack, but Pope didn¹t listen. Pope was caught unexpected when Longstreet attacked mid-day on the 30th. Pope was forced to defend Longstreet¹s attack. Pope was also hurt when Jackson¹s men ruined railroad tracks that were to carry McClellan¹s Army to the Potomac. By the time the troops arrived it was too late. The Confederates had successfully driven back every attack the Union army attempted. At the end of the battle, the Union had lost 15,000 out of 70,000 men and the Confederates had lost 9,500 out of 55,000 men. Pope¹s retreat wasn¹t as drastic as the First Battle of Bull Run, but the Union Army was hurt just as badly. It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War so far.
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