Battle Of Bull Run Essay

The Battle of Bull Run occurred from August 28th, 1862 to August 30th, 1862 in Prince William County, Virginia near Manassas, Virginia (which is how it got its name). The Commanding officer of the Union was John Pope while General Robert E. Lee led the Confederates. It all started when General “Stonewall” Jackson attacked a Union force at Brawner’s Farm which ended up getting Pope’s attention, but ended in a draw . Meanwhile, General James Longstreet successfully beat a Union force at the Battle of Thoroughfare Gap and proceeded to join up with Jackson at Stony Ridge where Jackson happened to be waiting for him. On August 29th, Pope began an assault on Jackson’s forces at his position on Stony Hill near a half-finished railroad. At last, Longstreet …show more content…
The Union has again failed in their attempt to raid Richmond Virginia, the capital of the CSA. In this battle, there were approximately 62,000 Union troops engaged in the fighting pitted against the 50,000 Confederates. Although the Second Battle of Bull Run was not extremely bloody, it was grounds for extreme amounts of injured troops for both sides of this battle. The Union had over 8,000 wounded soldiers while the South had just about 6,000 injured troops. Amazingly, about 12% of the troops involved in this battle were wounded meaning there were about 14,500 injured troops. This horrific battle began to take shape when General Robert E. Lee sent his troops to destroy a Union supply base in Manassas, Virginia. The Confederate troops quickly crushed the Union resistance, took their supplies and sent the supply depot up in flames. While this onslaught was happening, Union general John Pope was awaiting the arrival of several troops led by General George McClellan in hopes that the Union would be able to win with their additional