Campaign of Northern Virginia
Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) – (See also Wikipedia's 2nd Battle of Bull Run) After July 1, 1862 the Texas Brigade remained encamped on Mechanicsville Road, just three miles (5 km) above Richmond until mid-August, giving George Smith time to mend his wounded knee. On August 13, the brigade marched about 50 miles (80 km) northwest to Gordonsville to join General Longstreet's Corps. On August 22, 1862, the brigade was held in reserve during a series of skirmishes that drove the Union forces back across the Rappahannock River, and resulted in the capture of General Bohlen, a union general.
Four days later, on August 26, Hood's Texas Brigade in the center of General Longstreet's attack at Second Manassas, went to the relief of Stonewall Jackson. The 18th Georgia Regiment lost 19 killed and 114 wounded in the battle, also known as the Second Battle of Bull Run, which lasted until August 30. Longstreet's flank assault, combined with Jackson's counterattacks, drove the northerners back in a rout to Washington, D.C.. The northerners lost a total of 16,054 men out of a force of 70,000, while the Confederates lost only 9,197 out of a total 55,000.
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