Although the total number of Marine officers remained essentially the same after the war started, the experience level of the officers declined. Lee's movements gave He has also noted the location where Union General Philip Kearny was shot by Confederate troops in 1862; the line of command of the Union Army's Department of Washington as of January 1863; and the Union monument erected at the First Bull Run battlefield in 1869. This map uses the WGS1984 datum. In this detail of a printed map, Sneden has juxtaposed troop locations during First Bull Run (21 July 1861) and Second Bull Run (29-30 August 1862). Off., 1902. United States. Although not a proud moment in Marine Corps history, the performance at Bull Run had extenuating circumstances. Jackson advanced on the gathering Federal army, and on August 9 he met Union Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks at Cedar Mountain (also called Cedar Run). Battle of Rich Mountain | There he awaited the arrival of Lee and Longstreet, who, taking the same route as Jackson, arrived on August 28 at Thoroughfare Gap. Without support, Griffins battery was overrun, losing a quarter of its men and half of its horses. Confederate lieutenant general Thomas J. Second Manassas | American Battlefield Trust In Reynolds own words, The batterys accelerated march was such as to keep my command more or less in double-quick time; consequently the men became fatigued or exhausted in strength. Near the end of the artillery fight, Brig. On the morning after the battle at Groveton, Pope 's army was greatly reduced. Location: Manassas, VirginiaDates: August 28 30, 1862Generals: Union: Major General John Pope | Confederate: General Robert E. LeeSoldiers Engaged: Union: 62,000 | Confederate: 50,000Outcome: Confederate VictoryCasualties: Union: 14,000 | Confederate: 8,000. The Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Battle of Manassas) was fought August 2830, 1862, during the American Civil War. A private with the 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment said of the ensuing encounter, If I had held up an iron hat I could have caught it full of bullets in a short time. The brief but brutal engagement left the Union attackers bloodied, and Ewell retired to Manassas. Second Battle of Bull Run, also called Second Battle of Manassas or Second Manassas, (August 2930, 1862), in the American Civil War, the second of two engagements fought at a small stream named Bull Run, near Manassas in northern Virginia. Once they were there, accusations and recriminations swirled about who should be held responsible for the debacle. -