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一群逃亡的奴隸正打算渡過拉帕漢諾克河逃到北方去 (1862年)
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第二次馬那薩斯之戰 (Battle
of Manassas) ：1862年8月30日
在8月28日時，第二次馬那薩斯之戰爆發。波普率領軍隊迎向正在馬那薩斯等待的傑克森部隊，傑克森前一年才在這裡打過一場勝仗。兩支軍隊的戰鬥持續到夜晚降臨。到了早上，波普的北方軍隊突破南方軍的封鎖線，迫使其往後撤退。波普本來是希望南方軍就此撤退，但是李將軍卻率領了3萬名援兵到達馬那薩斯，因此聯邦軍隊不得不撤退，重新計畫下一次的戰鬥。不過，聯邦軍隊攻入北維吉尼亞地區卻有一個正面的影響：那就是許多奴隸有機會能夠因為戰爭而逃到北方。
On August 28, the Second Battle of Manassas began. Pope marched his men right into Jackson's waiting forces near the town of Manassas, where the Confederates had won a battle a year earlier. They fought until night fell. In the morning, Pope's Northerners broke through the Confederate defenses, which moved back. Pope hoped they had planned to retreat. Instead, General Lee had arrived with 30,000 reinforcements. The Union was forced to retreat--the battle was lost. They would have to try again later. The presence of the Union in Northern Virginia, however, had a positive effect: it gave many slaves the opportunity to escape to the North.
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