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John Pope
Civil War Encyclopedia >> People - Union Military
| February 28, 1862 April 8, 1862 |
The Battle of New Madrid / Island No. 10
After withdrawing from New Madrid Confederates control Island No. 10, blocking shipping on the Mississippi. Over 5,000 Confederate soldiers on the island surrender to Major General John Pope on April 8. |
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| March 3, 1862 | General John Pope lays siege to New Madrid | Missouri |
| March 14, 1862 | Following a two week siege, federals under John Pope take New Madrid. | Missouri |
| April 7, 1862 | Island No. 10, in the Mississippi River downstream from New Madrid, is captured. More than 5,000 Confederates are taken prisoner | Missouri |
| June 10, 1862 | General Henry Halleck assigns Ulysses S. Grant, Don Carlos Buell, and John Pope to corps commanders | |
| June 17, 1862 | The commands of John C. Fremont [US] and Nathanael Banks [US] are consolidated under John Pope [US]. Fremont resigns. | |
| Army of Virginia | ||
| Nathaniel Banks | ||
| June 26, 1862 | Major General John Pope assumes command of all Union forces in the state of Virginia with the exception of the Army of the Potomac. This is simply called the Army of Virginia | |
| July 31, 1862 | In response to Union General John Pope's order that citizens be shot as spies, Confederate President Jefferson Davis orders Pope's officers be held as felons and not prisoners-of-war. | |
| August 4, 1862 | Ambrose Burnsides [US] arrives at Aquia Creek. As they arrive his men are sent forward to join John Pope [US] | |
| Ambrose Burnside | ||
| August 16, 1862 | George McClellan completes the evacuation of Harrison's Landing, ending the Peninsula Campaign. His men land at Aquia Creek, VA and Alexandria, VA, within the week, but most are reassigned to John Pope's Army of Virginia | |
| Peninsula Campaign | ||
| George McClellan | ||
| August 27, 1862 | With Stonewall Jackson on his flank, John Pope is forced to withdraw from the Rappahanock. Pope does not realize that roughly half the Confederate army is between his position and Washington, D. C. | Virginia |
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| Northern Virginia Campaign | ||
| Second Manassas - Second Bull Run | ||
| August 28, 1862 | Battle of Groveton
Battle of Brawner's Farm Stonewall Jackson [CS] engages Rufus King [US] near Manassas after eluding John Pope [US]. |
Virginia |
| Northern Virginia Campaign | ||
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| Second Manassas - Second Bull Run | ||
| Richard Ewell | ||
| Army of Virginia | ||
| August 29, 1862 August 30, 1862 |
Second Manassas[CS]
Second Bull Run[US] General John Pope [US] lost to General Robert E. Lee[CS]. General James Longstreet's [CS] 28,000 man assault on August 30 was the largest simultaneous assault of the war in this Confederate victory. Union losses 13,830 Confederate losses 8,350 Also includes: Manassas Plains, Gainesville |
Virginia |
| James Longstreet | ||
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Second Manassas - Second Bull Run | ||
| Fitz-John Porter | ||
| Northern Virginia Campaign | ||
| Gouverneur K. Warren | ||
| John Reynolds | ||
| Army of Virginia | ||
| Joseph Hooker | ||
| Samuel Heintzelman | ||
| September 2, 1862 | General John Pope is replaced by Ambrose Burnside, following the disaster at Second Bull Run, combining the Army of Virginia with the Army of the Potomac under George McClellan | |
| George McClellan | ||
| Antietam | ||
| Army of Virginia | ||
| Army of the Potomac | ||
| Ambrose Burnside |
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