The Second Manassas Campaign (Janney, Shively) - CWC spotslvania Americans' participation in these funeral

Americans' participation in these funeral rites led to contemplation and contestation over the political and social meanings of the war and the roles played by the honored dead

More than three million Americans fought in the Civil War and over six hundred thousand men

and discover many things about Lee for the first time using his own correspondence and papers from his family

and careers of the great military leaders from the first gathering clouds of the Civil War

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The Second Manassas Campaign (Janney, Shively) - CWC spotslvania Americans' participation in these funeralEdited by Caroline E. Janney, Kathryn J. Shivel Waged from June 26 to September 1, 1862, the Second Manassas campaign pitted the US Armies of Virginia and the Potomac against the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and its new commander, Robert E. Lee. The campaign unfolded against a backdrop of momentous US political decisions regarding confiscation, emancipation, and Confederate civilians. These decisions dismayed and energized Confederates,