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and support the fight against John



            Pope's forces near Manassas. On




            August 29, the Union troops met



            Jackson's forces in the Second Battle



            of  Bull Run. On the next day of  the




            battle, Lee attacked the troops from



            the Union from the left. This massive



            attack forced John Pope to move his




            soldiers back towards Washington.                                                                                            and Henry W. Halleck refused the


                                                                                                                                         former commander, McClellan, to





            The conflict was getting heavier                                                                                             fight in new battles, he was able



            as both parties kept on recruiting                                                                                           to reorganize an army and attack




            more troops and fighting more                                                                                                Robert E. Lee on September 14



            battlefields. Even though Lincoln                                                                                            in Maryland. The Confederate
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