First Battle of Rappahannock Station

First Battle of Rappahannock Station
Part of the American Civil War

Skirmish at Freeman's Ford, by Davenport.
DateAugust 22, 1862 (1862-08-22) – August 25, 1862 (1862-08-25)
Location
Result Confederate Victory
Belligerents
United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
John Pope James Longstreet
Strength
Brigades[1] Brigades[1]
Casualties and losses
225[1]

The First Battle of Rappahannock Station was a battle in the American Civil War on August 23, 1862, at Remington, Virginia, as part of the Northern Virginia Campaign.[2][1][3]

Background

In early August 1862 Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee thought that Union Army Major General George B. McClellan's army was leaving the Virginia Peninsula to help Major General John Pope. He sent Major General James Longstreet's wing from Richmond to join Thomas J. Jackson's wing near Gordonsville and came to take over command himself on August 15, 1862. From August 20 to 21, 1862, John Pope's army went to the Rappahannock River. On August 20, Pope spread his army along the northern part of the Rappahannock River from Kelly's Ford to Rappahannock Station and was ready to defend the river crossings.[1]

Union troops crossing the Rappahannock near Sulphur Springs
Union troops crossing the Rappahannock near Sulphur Springs

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 National Park Service battle description
  2. The Campaign in Virginia, of July and August 1862: Official Report of Major General John Pope. Milwaukee: Jermain & Brightman, Printers. 1863. pp. 12–16.
  3. "Map of the First Battle of Rappahannock Station". Civil War Trust. Archived from the original on September 3, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.