August 27, 1862---McClellan to Lincoln: "Let Pope get out of his own scrape."

AUGUST 27, 1862:     

After the loss of Manassas Junction, General John Pope U.S.A. withdraws from the Rappahannock River. Pope has no Intelligence, and does not realize that roughly half the Confederate army is between his position and Washington, D. C.. General McClellan, who is aware of Confederate movements, says nothing. “Let Pope get out of his own scrape,” he later advises President Lincoln.

August 26, 1862---Jackson seizes Manassas Junction

AUGUST 26, 1862:    

 In a surprise assault Stonewall Jackson captures the vast Union supply depot and rail center at Manassas Junction, Virginia. This cripples General John Pope U.S.A.’s Army of Virginia.

August 25, 1862---African-Americans join the Union Army

AUGUST 25, 1862:    

 U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton authorizes the induction and arming of 5,000 freed slaves as members of the Union army.

August 24, 1862---"Roll, ALABAMA, roll!"

AUGUST 24, 1862:    

 The Commerce Raider C.S.S. ALABAMA sets sail on her war cruise.

August 23, 1862---Woman gets kilt

AUGUST 23, 1862:     

In a lighthearted moment, Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper publishes a cartoon entitled “I’ll Give You a Pair of the Old Man’s Pants” poking fun at the kilt-wearing 79^th New York Regiment.

August 22, 1862---An answer to "The Prayer of Twenty Millions."

AUGUST 22, 1862:     

President Lincoln, who no one knows is planning on releasing the Emancipation Proclamation, plays his cards close to the vest, irritating abolitionists, when he publishes his famous answer to Horace Greeley’s Prayer of Twenty Millions, which reads in part:

“If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.”