HIST 4072 Lecture : Lecture 12 Civil War Continued
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D. 2nd bull run: pope had been appointed leader. Jackson divided his army and sent some around the side of pope to sever popes supply pipeline: they took whatever supplies they could and burned the rest. Pope had moved his three legions into wooded area. He couldn"t quite find jacksons troops: eventually they were found and pope couldn"t defeat jackson, robert e lee ordered longleaf to attack popes forces from the side, resulting in a retreat of popes forces. Pope pulled any union soldiers he could back to washington. Pope was subsequently fired: lincoln then combined army of potomac and army of virginia, also reappointed mclellan to overall commander, lee had idea of invading maryland with hopes of drawing union army into open to destroy it. Stewarts cavalry and lee moved into maryland with his forces: the union was investigating an old confederate camp and found a order of lee"s move into.
