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"8 B MONDAY. The Second Battle of By MERTON T. AKERS UPI Correspondent The second battle of Bull Run (Manassas) - really three battles - lasted live days. From Aus. 28. 1862 through September 1. 3,205 Americans were killed in action on the Bull Run battlefield in north ern Virginia, where almost exactly a year before 868 Americans had died in the first big battle of the Civil War. Both Blue and Gray had learned much of the art of war in the 12 months and both had paid dearly in blood for their knowledge. First and last in the bloody five days, 75.606 Federal troops fought on the rolling hills and i n the woods of Manassas. Of that number, 16.054 were casualties-killed, wounded and missing. In the gray ranks, 48.527 fought; 0,187 were killed, wounded or missing. The Con WE NOW HAVE A COMPLETE SALES and SERVICE With Each Bike Repair And Tires From 90c Reg. $1.69 Bike Spray Enamel 16-oz. All Colon THE TOY 317 E. Main MC (in I Open 8 A.M. to 9 P.M. 7 Days a Week Limit Rights Reserved ... No Sales to Dealers W Juicy Flavorful Nectarines lb. AUGUST 27. 13S2 federacy could ill afford the manpower loss. The North could, and did, replug its ranks twice over with case. Cleancut Victory The battle was a cleancut and resounding victory for the Confederates, thanks to the daring of Gen. Robert E. Lee and the tactical skill of Maj. C:n. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jeckson, plus much desperate fighting. But again the Con federates were unable to strike the last decisive blow to crush the Federal army. The lopcr was Maj. Gen. John Pope, a fighting gen eral brought in from uc West by President Lincoln. Pope's fighting ability was not enough. He failed in "he brain department. The gallant fight ing of his troops was not enough to overcome this. The fighting started Aug. 28 around Groveton, Va., south of the old Bull Run battlefield. Jackson's forces, HAND GRIPS i i This Coupon i Tubes From 85c 99c HOUSE 772-5880 We Give & Redeem IOWA Fresh from Bocbe Farm. Superb quality, you've never tasted it so goodl "i ft RiP. Sweet P F "7 A liF Cantcloupc 5 ? Bull Run hidden behind an unfinished railroad embankment after they had destroyed Pope's main base at Manassas Junc tion the day before, pounced on a Federal division march ing along the Warrenlon Turnpike. Both sides fought desper ately, solid lines standing at short range and pourin,, fire into each other without flinch ing. The Confederates had a 3 to 2 superiority over the blue coats, who gave ground sul lenly and slowly. By mid night they had withdrawn to ward manasss. '.qualities were heavy. One Federal unit, the Black Hat Brigade with reg.iiicnis from Wiscon sin and Indiana, los. 33 per cent of its nen. Troops Concentrated That ended the battle of Groveton but it fired Pope to believe he could trap Jack son. He concentrated his troops overnight on the old Bull R in field and ordered an attack in the morning. All murning on the 29th the Federals attacked here and there along the li lt-. One attack by troops under Un ion Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel penetrated the lines of Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill's left but could not hold on. Pope arrived on the field at noon and I'ireclcd u lher as sault. This attack also pierced the Confederate line but again the blue fore s could not keep their position. Some Confederates ran out of am munition and threw stones at the attackers. By nightfall each had enough and the fighting was broken off with bothVarmics in about the same positions they had occupied in the mor ning. They bedded down where they stood, too tired to pitch a pup tent. But Lee held In reserve the margin of victory. Maj. Gen. James Longstrect had arrived on the field about noon of the 29th with 32,000 men. That gave Lee a unified army, Jackson now had some help. Lcc had anted to throw I.nngFtreet's men into the bat tle Immediately aflor their ar- NU-MAR ZEE QUALITY DEL MONTE irra MARKET-PURE MONARCH CHIEF mm La U STRAWBERRY JAM r 69 3) ? Each (j Qr n feS&S.?gn A- ... VICTORY FOP. CONFEDERATES The second battle of Bull Run (Manassas) real ly three battles lasted from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1, 1862, and was a cleancut victory for the Confederates. The first battle was fought around Groveton, Va., on Aug. 28. It was a short-range slugfest, casualties were heavy and finally the Union forces gave ground and retreated toward Manassas. On Aug. 29 the second battle opened as Fed eral forces attacked near Manassas. De spite heavy casualties night fell without sig nificant change in the opposing armies' posi tions. The next day the Union Army re newed its attack. They bent the Confed rival. But Longstrect talked him out of it- and by doing so probably talked the Con federates out of a decisive victory at the same time. , Results Misread Pope misread results of the 29lh fighting. He thought the Confederates were retreating and telegraphed Washington to that effect early on the 30th. His scouts had not de tected the arrival of Long street's troop?. So Pope went into the fighting on the 30Ui nearly blind, proposing to cut the "retreating"' Confederates to mm v v .yr;rw,': ' 1 1 Palace . . . Lean Streaked Sliced Bacon J; Fresh Ground Hourly MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON -w mm , , . mm mmm ribbons. All morning of the 30th Federals and Confederates reconnoitcred each other and maneuvered for position. Soon after noon nine bat teries . f Federal artillery ex ploded in furious fire. Behind the shelling, straight at Jack son's line, came 12,000 Blue coats, on a front a mile and a quarter long with skirmish ers swarming ahead. 11 was the corps of Maj. Gen. Fitz-John Porter, ac counted one of the abler Un ion generals, fresh from the Army of the Potomac and in i ib. Pkg. 4 Rl. Pkg. F3 ha r I a Any Size boiogna Baby Beef AAT?I w w mu mm mm W -. I erate line, but General Lee ordered Gen eral Longstrect to attack and the Union Army was caught in a vice. The Northern soldiers retreated and the second battle was over. The third battle came on Sept. 1 as General Jackson caught up with the re treating Union forces about four miles north of Centrevillc. There they fought all day, until the Union Army retreated again. The third battle was now over. The Union was now in trouble, militarily and politically, and it would be up to President Lincoln to pick up the pieces. This litho graph depicts the clash of the two armies on Aug. 28 near Groveton. (UPI) its first action of this cam paign. Porter's reinforced corps hit Jackson's line in depth. The gray lines bent in many spots under repeated assaults but it never broke. Jackson rode along the line encour aging his men but his situa tion soon became so desper ate that he sent to Lee for help. Now was the moment Lee had been looking for. Long street's force stood at right angles to Jackson's line, fresh and fretting for action. Pope's army was committed. Now $100 50 Count Carton Piece y r 303 ES00 3 Tin r y ' ; CUT"UP 49 39' was the time to slam the door shut. First off Longstreet turn ed 30 guns on the Federals, breaking up their assaulting columns with a decimating crossfire. Then Lee ordered the crusher. Like a moving gate, Long street's troops swung out of the woods and caught Por ter's troops in a vise, crush ing them toward Jackson's line. Caught between two lines of fire, the Unionists stood and fought in pockets for a time and then, as the vise closed, retired northward to ward Centrpville - orderly and still fighting this time, not in a rout as the year be fore at first Bull Run. Tins time the Federals stood at Henry House and fought off the Confederates trying to break the army into panic. The year before it had been Jackson who stood so firmly at Henry House that he came by the name of Stonewill. Rain came with darkness. The exhausted Rebels slowed. By midnight the Federals crossed Bull Run on the Stone bridge and destroyed it. The armies spent the 31st marching, the Federals to ward Alexandria and Wash ington, the Confederates in pursuit. The fighting was de sultory, mostly skirmishing, as Pope sought to save his army and Lee trying as hard to annihilate it. On September 1 Jackson caught up with part of the Union army at the Chantilly mansion, about four miles north of Centreville. Here they fought all after noon in the rain, one side "Back-to-school" Yes, it's "back-to-school" time for many children. Let me tell you about our low cost accident pro tection plan designed just for school children. Call me today. Phone 773-6359 319 Earhart Street-Medford Representing WOODMEN ACCIDENT AND LIFE COMPANY PEACH PIE Fresh-Delicious 49.. Big Y-32-ot Jar Salad Dressing Boyds "A BIG Y mk Km a 0 1 VJP I Coffee Al it?" J I bteese Loaf a 49 Cigarettes nm.J 79 Swift's Brookfield CREAMERY BUTTER a 59 Pillsbury-xxxx-10-lb. 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