McClellan was well on his way
toward Washington, he put his whole army in motion and moved rapidly to
join Jackson, who would sorely need him in his attack upon Pope at
Manassas; in fact, Jackson had halted after the battle of Cedar Run for
a day or two to allow Gen. Lee to come up.

An event occurred during this battle around Richmond that brought sorrow
to my home. My brother Howard was slightly wounded in the arm, taken to
the hospital at Richmond, and died in a few days of a malignant fever,
and was buried somewhere among the unknown dead around Richmond. The
family made several attempts to locate his grave, but were
unsuccessful.

"On fame's eternal camping ground,
His silent tent is spread;
While glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead."

His picture on the opposite page is from an old daguerreotype, taken
just before entering the Confederate service.

This move of Jackson's to the rear of Pope at Manassas enabled him to
capture many carloads of supplies and munitions of war, greatly
assisting the armies of Lee and Jackson in their undertaking. A goodly
portion of McClellan's army had embarked at Occoquan and marched across
to the assistance of Pope. Notwithstanding this fact, the combined
armies of Lee and Jackson were more than a match for Pope, and he was
defeated and his army routed, leaving over 9000 of his dead and wounded
on the field. His entire loss, as given by the "New Standard
Encyclopedia," which included prisoners, was 20,000, while the
Confederates', by the same authority, is placed at 12,000.

[Illustration: ROBERT HOWARD HOPKINS.]

There fell into the hands of the Confederates 7000 prisoners, 30 cannon,
20,000 rifles. The captured stores, including two miles of loaded cars
on the track, was enormous, much of which the Confederates had to
burn.

This is called the Second Battle of Manassas to distinguish it from the
first battle fought on the same ground, and called by the North the
Battle of Bull Run, but by the South as the First Battle of Manassas.

Pope lost no time in getting behind his intrenchments at Washington. My
command took part in the battle, and made a charge just as the sun was
dropping behind the horizon. Lee did not follow Pope toward Washington,
but moved in a straight line toward the Upper Potomac, leaving
Washington to his right.

At this time my company was detached from the Sixth Regiment and made a
bodyguard to Gen. Lee. We kept cl