Second Manassas 1862

Robert E Lee’s greatest victory

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Description

Osprey's examination of the culminating battle of the American Civil War (1861-1865). “There never was such a campaign, not even by Napoleon" wrote Confederate General Pender of the Second Manassas campaign in which the gray-bearded Virginian, Robert E Lee, came as close as he ever would to exterminating his Northern enemies. In so doing, Lee established himself as the South's pre-eminent military commander and the Army of Northern Virginia as it's most powerful weapon. The fighting in northern Virginia left Union General John Pope's career in tatters and proved the South was a power to be reckoned with. This book's powerful account demonstrates that during that fateful summer of 1862 Lee's soldiers were fighting for anything but a lost cause.

Table of Contents

Origins of the Second Manassas Campaign
Chronology
Opposing Commanders
Opposing Armies
Opposing plans
Jackson's Raid on Manassas
The Second Battle of Manassas
Aftermath
The Road to Antietam
Bibliography
The Battlefield Today
Index

Product details

Published Feb 25 2002
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781841762302
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 107 b/w; 14 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 95
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

John Langellier

John P. Langellier received his bachelor's and mas…

Illustrator

Mike Adams

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