# Canonical recap data for Second Battle of Bull Run (1862)
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slug: second-bull-run
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1862/second-bull-run"
title: Second Battle of Bull Run
subtitle: Confederate General Lee's decisive victory in Virginia bolstered Southern morale and delayed Union momentum, demonstrating the war's grinding complexity beyond early optimism.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1862-08-28
endDate: 1862-08-30
datePrecision: day
year: 1862
decade: 1860
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: 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'
summaryLong: 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.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run.jpg/1280px-Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Second Battle of Bull Run"
importance: 78
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run"
  title: Second Battle of Bull Run
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: 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.
wikidataQid: Q233343
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260525150904/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run"
  capturedAt: 2026-05-25
  label: Second Battle of Bull Run
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run"
