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battle was fought hard most of the day, but the fresh troops did make a difference and General Pope had to do what General McDowell did 13 months before, retreat back across Bull Run to Centreville and on back to D. C. a defeated army.
This battle was a little different from 1st Manassas, these were veterans fighting, not green troops, so the casualty list was higher. Federal forces lost 14,462 killed, wounded, or missing, and the Confederates lost 9,474.
The 42nd Infantry division was there in General Jackson's 2nd Corp under the command of Colonel Bradley T. Johnson. Their objective was to turn the Federal right flank and threaten communications with Washington.
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