Historical Report on the Troop Movements for the Second Battle of Manassas, August 28 through Augst 30, 1862

摘要

These maps follow the guidelines and standards established in 1981 with the publication of NPS Chief Historian Edwin Bearss's troop movement maps covering the First Battle of Manassas. There are a total of 16 maps to cover the three days of Second Manassas: two maps cover the fighting on the evening of August 28, 1862, six cover August 29, 1862, and eight cover the climactic fighting of August 30, 1862. Time intervals for the maps, rather than being standard, were geared to the intensity of the action. Thus, while only two maps were needed for the period from midnight to 3:00 PM, August 30, six maps were used to cover the action from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM. The base map employed here is a slightly modified version of the one used by Chief Historian Bearss in the First Manassas study. Some minor alterations in vegetative cover have been made, as well as the slight relocation of a few of the historic features. Contour lines have also been added. The narrative portion of the volume has been compiled from the examination of official reports, letters, diaries, memoirs, and newspaper accounts written by participants, both officers and enlisted men. The structure of the narrative generally follows the tables of organization published in the Official Records (and reproduced here at the end of the text). I varied from this structure only when I felt it would make use of the finished product easier.