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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: December 22, 2007
Caption:
Second Manassas Campaign Map | Additional Description: Key to map:
1. General Stonewall Jackson's Confederate army defeats General Nathaniel Banks' Federals at the Battle of Cedar Mountain on August 9.
2. Jackson retired south on August 11 after learning of the Union army converging on Culpeper.
3. General Robert E. Lee orders the rest of his army toward Gordonsville on August 13 and
4. consolidates his forces at Clark's Mountain on August 16.
5. General John Pope realizes that the Confederates are concentrating in his front and withdraws from Culpeper to a position along the Rappahannock River on August 18.
6. On August 27, Pope discovers Jackson in his rear and concentrates the Union army on Manassas Junction and
7. setting the stage for the Second Battle of Manassas on August 18 through 30.
Submitted: December 31, 2007, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p12873
File Size: 0.891 Megabytes
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