| The Second Battle of Bull Run was fought on August 29th
and 30th, 1862 near Bull Run. The Union started with 62,000
men and the South started with 50,000. The Southern commander was General
Lee and the Union commander was General Pope. After failing to capture
Richmond, the North decided they would combine the armies of General McClellan
and General Pope. By August 29th Pope, with about 35,000 men, were driven
North by the South, who had about 50,000 men under the command of General
Lee. General Jackson, with about 23,000 troops, came from the East to attack
General Pope from behind. Union troops turned to fight Jackson's troops.
Jackson was reinforced by Lee and Longstreet's Troops. On the second
Day Longstreet's troops forced the Union out of the field. Pope went
North and was joined by McClellan and went into Washington D.C. The
site of both Bull Run Battles is being preserved in the Manassas National
Battlefeild Park.
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Robert E. Lee 
George McClellan 
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
John Pope 
James Longstreet 