{"product_id":"never-such-a-campaign-the-battle-of-second-manassas-august-28-august-30-1862-9781611216417","title":"Never Such a Campaign: The Battle of Second Manassas, August 28-August 30, 1862","description":"July, 1862. General Robert E. Lee, now in command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, had driven back the massive Federal Army of the Potomac from the very gates of the Confederate capital. Richmond was safe--at least for the moment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut soon, new threats emerged against Lee's army and the Confederate war effort in Virginia. Rumors swirled that a Federal command headed towards Fredericksburg, and a new Federal army, the Army of Virginia, under Maj. Gen. John Pope, was shifting operations towards Confederate communications and supply points.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePope had come from the west, where he had scored successes along the Mississippi River. He brought with him a harder philosophy of war, one that would put pressure not just on Lee's army but on the population of Virginia itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot only alarmed but also offended by \"such a miscreant as Pope,\" Lee began moving his own forces. He intended to not just counter the new threat but to \"suppress\" it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNever Such a Campaign: The Battle of Second Manassas, August 28-30, 1862\u003c\/i\u003e, historians Robert Orrison and Dan Welch follow Lee and Pope as they converge on ground once-bloodied just thirteen months earlier. Since then the armies had grown in size and efficiency, and combat between them would dwarf that first battle. For the second summer in a row, forces would clash on the plains of Manassas, and the results would be far more terrible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Savas Beatie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611216417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192","brand":"Robert Orrison, Dan Welch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43049631514805,"sku":"9781611216417","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8bd8ad8a-2b77-4dc3-b291-bae4872fe09b.jpg?v=1689691985","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/never-such-a-campaign-the-battle-of-second-manassas-august-28-august-30-1862-9781611216417","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}