1862 - The Northwen Virginia Campaign
The Northern Virginia Campaign, also known as the Second Bull Run Campaign or Second Manassas Campaign, was a series of battles fought in Virginia during August and September 1862. Confederate General Robert E. Lee followed up his successes of the Seven Days Battles in the Peninsula Campaign by moving north toward Washington, D.C., and defeating Major General John Pope and his Army of Virginia.
Battles during the Northern Virginia Campaign include:
Library of Congress. Union soldiers at the wreckage of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad at the time of the Second Battle of Bull Run