On 24 August 1862 Ma. Gen. Thomas J. ("Stonewall) Jackson's command, led by Col. Thomas T.
Munford's 2nd Virginia Cavalry and Maj. Gen. John Pope's Union army. sic? They
surprised and captured Pope's infantry pickets, derailed two northbound trains, destroyed the
Broad Run bridge, and cut telegraph wires to sever the Union lines of supply and communication
with Washington. Jackson then captured Pope's supply depot at Manassas Junction (present-day
Manassas). Left as a rear guard, Ewell held off Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's division near
Kettle Run the next day just before the Second Battle of Manassas.
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