Federal commanders accepted the surrender of the last major organized Confederate force still in the field.
Tag: John Pope
The Battle of Wood Lake
September 23, 1862 – Federal forces effectively suppressed the Sioux uprising of 1862 over mistreatment on reservations and drove much of the tribe out of
McClellan Reinstated
September 2, 1862 – President Abraham Lincoln reinstated Major General George B. McClellan as overall Federal commander in Virginia and Washington, merging Major General John
The Battle of Chantilly
September 1, 1862 – A vicious fight in driving rain ended the Second Bull Run campaign with Major General John Pope’s Federal Army of Virginia
The Battle of Second Bull Run: Pope’s Retreat
August 31, 1862 – The Second Bull Run campaign ended with a two-day fight in which the Confederates proved unable to destroy Major General John
The Battle of Second Bull Run: Longstreet
August 30, 1862 – The right wing of General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia ripped into Major General John Pope’s Federals and nearly