THE SECOND BATTLE OF BULL RUN (MANASSAS)

balt-republican-mast.jpgROBERT E. LEE AND STONEWALL JACKSON CRUSH UNION GENERAL POPE’S ARMY


The Baltimore Republican
September 2, 1862

A five-day Confederate attack ends at Manassas, Virginia. Front page stacked headlines and an account of General John Pope’s defeat at 5 o’clock on August 30th, the fifth day of the battle. The two combatant forces converged on the Old Stone Bridge, where Stonewall Jackson’s 30,000 men pounced upon the Union soldiers. The headlines read: “THE WAR IN VIRGINIA. FURTHER OF THE BATTLE ON SATURDAY. INCIDENTS OF THE RETREAT TO CENTREVILLE.” The reports are vivid and very detailed–this is some really exciting first-hand history not to be found in normal textbooks! A short excerpt reads, “Porter’s advance was at once met and checked by immense masses of the enemy’s infantry, and almost at the same moment became exposed to an enfilading fire of grape and canister….An officer who watched them with his glass says he could see the ground stream with fallen ranks of dying and dead….The enemy advancef his batteries rapidly, and poured in a storm of shot and shell upon these confused and flying masses.” And, it just gets more exciting with every paragraph. To be completely candid, I found it hard to put down.

Page two contains an article titled: “STONEWALL JACKSON A MEMBER OF THE C.S.A. BIBLE SOCIETY.” Another article reports that Gov. Sam Houston of Texas was not dead contrary to earlier news!

4 pp., complete and in very fine condition. This is a MAJOR issue for the serious Civil War collector or historian.

$750

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