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Civil War Book Review: Second Manassas: Longstreet’s Attack and the Struggle for Chinn Ridge

August 18th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Second Manassas: Longstreet’s Attack and the Struggle for Chinn Ridge by Scott C. Patchan Product Details Hardcover: 200 pages Publisher: Potomac Books Inc. (July 31, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1597976873 ISBN-13: 978-1597976879 It is hard to image a trained military man doing a worse job than John Pope at Second Manassas.  His conduct, throughout the […]

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Categories: Civil War Book Publishers · Civil War Book Reviews · Civil War Books · Civil War Books - Authors · Civil War Books - New · Civil War Books - Now Reading · James Durney's Book Notes

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Second Bull Run

December 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Second Bull Run By James W. Durney After the battle of Brawner’s Farm or Groveton, Pope had “bagged” Jackson and all he needed to do was beat him in battle.  Pope possessed unlimited confidence in his ability to do this with his army of 63,000 assembled from multiple independent sources.  Franz Sigel commands the I […]

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Categories: Campaigns & Battles · Eastern Theater · Military History · Strategy & Tactics

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Campaign Antietam Screen Shots: Groveton and Second Bull Run

April 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Several weeks ago, I showed readers some South Mountain screen shots of HPS‘ newly released Campaign Antietam. As I explained there, despite being given the name “Campaign Antietam”, the game actually covers quite a few more battlefields, including First Bull Run (including Blackburn’s Ford, Henry Hill, and Matthews Hill), Second Bull Run (including Cedar Mountain, […]

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