Never Such a Campaign: The Battle of Second Manassas, August 28-August 30, 1862

In July 1862, General Robert E. Lee drove back the Federal Army of the Potomac from the gates of Richmond, but new threats emerged against his army and the Confederate war effort in Virginia. Maj. Gen. John Pope, a Federal command headed towards Fredericksburg, brought a harder philosophy of war that would put pressure on Lees army and the population of Virginia. Lee began moving his own forces to counter the new threat and to "suppress" it. In Never Such a Campaign: The Battle of Second Manassas, August 28-30, 1862, historians Robert Orrison and Dan Welch follow Lee and Pope as they converge on ground once-bloodied just thirteen months earlier, and the results would be far more terrible.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 28 December 2023
Publisher: Savas Beatie

General Robert E. Lee, who was now in charge of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, had successfully driven back the massive Federal Army of the Potomac from the very gates of the Confederate capital, Richmond. The city was now safe, at least for the time being. However, new threats emerged against Lee's army and the Confederate war effort in Virginia. Rumors were spreading that a Federal command was heading towards Fredericksburg, and a new Federal army, the Army of Virginia, under Maj. Gen. John Pope, was shifting its operations towards Confederate communications and supply points. Pope had come from the west, where he had achieved success along the Mississippi River. He brought with him a harsher philosophy of war, one that aimed to put pressure not only on Lee's army but also on the population of Virginia itself.

Lee was alarmed and offended by Pope's actions and began moving his own forces. His intention was not just to counter the new threat but to "suppress" it. In the book "Never Such a Campaign: The Battle of Second Manassas, August 28-30, 1862," historians Robert Orrison and Dan Welch follow Lee and Pope as they converge on the ground that had been bloodied just thirteen months earlier. Since then, the armies had grown in size and efficiency, and the combat between them would be far more terrible. For the second summer in a row, forces would clash on the plains of Manassas, and the results would be far more devastating.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781611216417