The Confederates resume their advance through Maryland as panic begins to spread through southern Pennsylvania.
Tag: Army of Northern Virginia
We Know No Enemies Among You
Robert E. Lee tries to garner support for his Confederate army from the people of Maryland, while George B. McClellan’s Federals try to track him down.
The Maryland Campaign Begins
Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia begins crossing the Potomac River into Maryland to take the war to the North for the first time.
The Battle of Chantilly
A vicious fight in driving rain ends the Second Bull Run campaign with John Pope’s Federal Army of Virginia still intact but thoroughly defeated by Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
The Question is the Salvation of the Country
The Second Bull Run campaign winds down as Confederates have difficulty in chasing down John Pope’s Federals before they can fall back to the safety of the Washington defenses.
The Second Battle of Bull Run: Longstreet
The right wing of Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army rips into John Pope’s Federals and nearly destroys his Army of Virginia in the decisive fight of the Second Bull Run campaign.