A history of the American nation . • . • 1 ^i to July 2,1862. mamtamed them-selves in theneighborhood of Richmond,but success seemed far aw^ayand in August the North-ern general skillfully retreatedtoward Portress Monroe. Thepeninsula campaign was afailure.^ General Halleck, who, be-cause of the rare efficiency ofhis subordinates, had won vic-tories in the west, w^as put ingeneral charge of the the same time an armywas placed under the com-mand of Pope, with the intention of operating in northernVirginia. In short, the administration in Washington, bit-terly disappointed by McClel
A history of the American nation . • . • 1 ^i to July 2,1862. mamtamed them-selves in theneighborhood of Richmond,but success seemed far aw^ayand in August the North-ern general skillfully retreatedtoward Portress Monroe. Thepeninsula campaign was afailure.^ General Halleck, who, be-cause of the rare efficiency ofhis subordinates, had won vic-tories in the west, w^as put ingeneral charge of the the same time an armywas placed under the com-mand of Pope, with the intention of operating in northernVirginia. In short, the administration in Washington, bit-terly disappointed by McClellans failure, decided to giveup the peninsula campaign entirely and to send troops. T, ..1 southward from Washington. With this plan in Second Battle . ^ ^ of Bull Run, mind, Pope marched to attack Lee, only toAugust 29,30, meet with sudden and complete disaster, forLee, ably seconded by Stonewall Jacksonthoroughly outwitted the Union commander and then, onthe old battlefield of Bull Run, almost overwhelmed the North-ern ^ McClellan was always complaining. He always thought the enemystroops more numerous than they were. He alwa^s complained because hedidnt have shoes, or horses, or guns, or something. He failed too in thegreat test of generalship, getting the whole army into action and hittinghard at a critical moment; and yet his soldiers worshiped him. **LittleMac was almost an idol. SECESSION AND CIVIL WAR—1861-1865 403 McClellan was again put in full command of the Army ofthe Potomac, including the troops that Pope had commanded. He prepared to meet Lee, who had determinedMarTand^^ upon an iuvasion of Maryland. The situation was now exactly the opposite from what it hadbeen a few months before. In June the Union forces were with-in sound of the church bells of Richmond; in September theywere manoeuvering in the immediate vicinity of their own capi-tal to guard it from a Confederate attack. Lee marched north-ward across the Potomac into Maryland. Jackson, under
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