Battle of Manassas Gap Facts

Also Known As

• The Battle of Wapping Heights

Date and Location

• July 23, 1863
• Warren County, Virginia

Campaign

• Gettysburg Campaign

Principal Union Commanders

• Major General William French

Principal Confederate Commanders

• Major General Richard H. Anderson
• Major General Robert E. Rodes

Union Forces Engaged

• Army of the Potomac (3rd Corps)

Confederate Forces Engaged

• Army of Northern Virginia (Anderson’s Division, Rodes’s Division)

Number of Union Soldiers Engaged

• Undetermined

Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged

• Undetermined

Estimated Combined Casualties

• 440 (killed, wounded, or captured)

Result

• Inconclusive

Significance

• Although Union troops forced the Confederate defenders off of Wapping Heights and prevented them from taking possession of Manassas Gap at the Battle of Manassas Gap, they failed in their attempt to cut off Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s retreating Army of Northern Virginia.
• Following the Army of Northern Virginia’s escape after the Battle of Manassas Gap, Union General George G. Meade abandoned any further pursuit of the retreating Confederate army, thus ending the Gettysburg Campaign.

Timeline of the Gettysburg Campaign

These are the main battles and events of the Gettysburg Campaign in order.

• June 9, 1863 — Battle of Brandy Station
• June 13 and June 15, 1863 — Second Battle of Winchester
• June 17, 1863 — Battle of Aldie
• June 11–June 19, 1863 — Battle of Middleburg
• June 21, 1863 — Battle of Upperville
• June 30, 1863 — Battle of Hanover
• July 1–3, 1863 — Battle of Gettysburg
• July 3, 1863 — Pickett’s Charge
• July 6–16, 1863 — Battle of Williamsport
• July 8, 1863 — Battle of Boonsboro
• July 23, 1863 — Battle of Manassas Gap