Return to Bull Run

by Hennessy, John J.

• ISBN13: 9780806131870
• ISBN10: 080613187X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Summary

"This comprehensively researched, well-written book represents the definitive account of Robert E. Lee's triumph over Union leader John Pope in the summer of 1862. . . . Lee's strategic skills, and the capabilities of his principal subordinates James Longstreet and Stonewall Jackson, brought the Confederates onto the field of Second Manassas at the right places and times against a Union army that knew how to fight, but not yet how to win."- Publishers Weekly "The deepest, most comprehensive, and most definitive work on this Civil War campaign, by the unchallenged authority."- James I. Robertson Jr., author of Stonewall Jackson

Table of Contents

Preface
``Poor Old Virginia''	1	(20)
``We Shall Have a Busy Time''	21	(17)
To the Rappahannock	38	(22)
The Armies Waltz	60	(20)
Stalemate	80	(16)
Jackson Marches, Pope Waffles	96	(20)
Bacchanalia, Battle and Escape	116	(22)
``We Shall Bag the Whole Crowd''	138	(15)
``Bring Out Your Men, Gentlemen''	153	(15)
``A Long and Continuous Roll''	168	(26)
Pope Finds Jackson---At Last	194	(15)
Sigle's Battle	209	(15)
Controversy Comes from the Fringe	224	(19)
Bloody Afternoon	243	(27)
``I'll Expect You to Beat Them''	270	(17)
Twilight Clash	287	(22)
Morning Delusion	309	(16)
Pope's Pursuit	325	(14)
Porter's Attack	339	(23)
The Vortex of Hell	362	(19)
Confederate Tide	381	(26)
The Tide Crests	407	(18)
``A Signal Victory''	425	(14)
Disaster and Shame	439	(17)
Epilogue: ``There Never Was Such a Campaign''	456	(17)
Endnotes	473	(78)
Order of Battle	551	(18)
Key Players in the Manassas Drama	569	(4)
Bibliography	573	(24)
Index	597