Robert ELee and the Southern Confederacy, 1807-1870 . red when theassault began; short and fierce was the encounter,and Taliaferro and Ewell, the division commanders,were both disabled. Kings line was forced back-ward, and under cover of darkness he withdrew fromthe field of blood. During the night, King wasovertaken by the division of Ricketts in full retreatfrom Lees vanguard at Thoroughfare Gap. BothFederal divisions fled from Jacksons front, and themorning of the 29th dawned upon them near Ma-nassas. Lees strategy was now practically a suc-cess. No Federal force opposed the union of thetwo
Robert ELee and the Southern Confederacy, 1807-1870 . red when theassault began; short and fierce was the encounter,and Taliaferro and Ewell, the division commanders,were both disabled. Kings line was forced back-ward, and under cover of darkness he withdrew fromthe field of blood. During the night, King wasovertaken by the division of Ricketts in full retreatfrom Lees vanguard at Thoroughfare Gap. BothFederal divisions fled from Jacksons front, and themorning of the 29th dawned upon them near Ma-nassas. Lees strategy was now practically a suc-cess. No Federal force opposed the union of thetwo wings of his army. Sunrise of the 29th sawLongstreets brigades starting upon the eight-milejourney to Jacksons right at Groveton ; at the samehour were the troops of Pope scattered through thefields and along the highway from Bristoe and Ma-nassas even to Centreville. From the latter placePope began to issue his morning orders for a fourthrendezvous, reversing the direction of his columnsand calling all his men toward Stonewalls fieldnear SECOND BATTLE OF MANASSAS. BASED ON THE U. S. WAR-RECORDS MAP 1862J Adva?ice into Northern Virginia. 187 The corps of Longstreet moved leisurely eastwardfrom Thoroughfare Gap. But the mornings earlyhours brought them the sounds of Jacksons renewedconflict; like war-horses, these gallant soldierssnuffed the battle from afar and voluntarily cpiick-ened their pace. Under Lee in person they filedthrough Gainesville down the turnpike to the left,and at ten oclock they were taking position in frontof that village upon the right flank of Jacksons Lee stood near Groveton, he saw toward his lefta great battle in full progress. The roar of heavyguns and the crash of musketry told him whereJacksons men were arrayed in a line of two andone half miles from Groveton to Sudley the embankments and excavations of anunfinished railroad, and in the midst of heavywoods, stood Stonewalls veterans fighting theirsecond days battle o
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