Battles Ch 15

Second Battle Bull Run was faught August 28-30, 1862. This battle was part of the American Civil War and was in Prince William County Virginia. It was an offensive campaign that was started by Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia against Union Major General John Pope's Army of Virginia. It was a larger battle than The First Battle of Bull Run. They captured the Union supply depot at Manassas Junction that would threaten and stop the Popes line of Communications with Washington D.C. The outcome was a Confederate Victory. For the Union approximately 10,000 were killed and wounded and for the Confederates approximately 1,300 were killed and 7,000 wounded.

The Battle of Antietam was fought on September 17, 1862, in Washington County near Sharpsburg, Maryland. It was a Strategic Union Victory. This was also between the Confederacy and United States but instead of Pope and Lee it was George B. McClellan against Robert E. Lee. Lee had invaded Maryland Hoping to score a decisive victory on the North's soil. McClellan wanted to take down Lee and his army. U.S.A. had 2,108 killed, 9,,540 wounded, and 753 captured or missing. Confederacy had 1,546 killed, 7,752 wounded, and 1,018 captured or missing.