Episode 12: PVT Edward A. Moore and the 1st Rockbridge Artillery at the Battle of Second Manassas

First Person Civil War Podcast

At the Battle of Second Manassas, or Second Bull Run, PVT Edward A. Moore and the 1st Rockbridge Artillery, as part of the Stonewall Brigade, engage the soon to be named Iron Brigade on the evening of 28 August 1862 at the Brawner Farm. The 1st Rockbridge then duels Battery B of the 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery as BG George G. Meade's Brigade of Pennsylvania Reserves advances upon the same location on 29 August. On 30 August, PVT Moore and the 1st Rockbridge Artillery duel with Battery D of the 5th US Artillery as the V Corps attached to the Army of Virginia prepares to advance upon the left wing of the Army of Northern Virginia. After besting this battery, PVT Moore and the 1st Rockbridge Artillery are personally congratulated by Stonewall Jackson. The 1st Rockbridge Artillery then assists in repulsing the Union Assault.
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Sources used for this episode:

Moore, Edward A. The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson In Which is Told the Part Taken by the Rockbridge Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia. New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1907. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/22067/pg22067-images.html.

Scott, Robert N. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Ser. 1, Vol. 12, Pt. 2: Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077728222&view=1up&seq=3.