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title: "Second Battle of Bull Run"
year: 1862
country: "United States"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1862/second-bull-run"
slug: "second-bull-run"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1862-08-28"
endDate: "1862-08-30"
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# Second Battle of Bull Run

> Confederate General Lee's decisive victory in Virginia bolstered Southern morale and delayed Union momentum, demonstrating the war's grinding complexity beyond early optimism.

## Summary

The Second Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Second Manassas was fought August 28–30, 1862, in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War. It was the culmination of the Northern Virginia campaign waged by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia against Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia, and a battle of much larger scale and numbers than the First Battle of Bull Run fought on July 21, 1861, on the same ground.

## Sources

- [Second Battle of Bull Run](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run) - Wikipedia

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Canonical: https://recap.at/1862/second-bull-run