. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . duty, at whatever sacrifice to my armyand myself, to retard, as far as I could, themovement of the enemy towards Washing-ton, until I was certain that the Army of thePotomac had reached Alexandria. The movement of Jackson presented theonly opportunity which had offered to gainany success over the superior forces of theenemy. I determined, therefore, on the morn-ing of the 27th of August to abandon the lineof the Rappahannock and throw my wholeforce in the direction of Gainesville and Ma-nassas Junction, to crush any force of theenemy that ha
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . duty, at whatever sacrifice to my armyand myself, to retard, as far as I could, themovement of the enemy towards Washing-ton, until I was certain that the Army of thePotomac had reached Alexandria. The movement of Jackson presented theonly opportunity which had offered to gainany success over the superior forces of theenemy. I determined, therefore, on the morn-ing of the 27th of August to abandon the lineof the Rappahannock and throw my wholeforce in the direction of Gainesville and Ma-nassas Junction, to crush any force of theenemy that had passed through Thorough-fare Gap, and to interpose between Leesarmy and Bull Run. Having the interior lineof o[)erations, and the enemy at Manassasbeing inferior in force, it appeared to me,and still so appears, that with even ordinarypromptness and energy we might feel sure ofsuccess. In the mean time heavy forces of the enemystill confronted us at Waterloo Bridge, whilehis main body continued its march towards THE SECOND BATTLE OE BULL RUN. 449. General Halleck, on July 23, 1862, assumed command as General-in-Chief of the armies of the United Statesin compliance with the Presidents order of July 11. our right, following the course of HedgmansRiver (the Upper Rappahannock). I accord-ingly sent orders, early on the 27th of August,to Cieneral McDowell to move rapidly onGainesville by the \\arrenton pike with hisown corps, reenforced by Reynoldss divisionand Sigels corps. I directed Reno, followedby Kearnys division of Heintzelmans corps,to move on Greenwich, so as to reach therethat night, to report thence at once to GeneralMcDowell, and to support him in operationsagainst the enemy which were expected near(iainesville. With Hookers division of Heint-zelmans corps I moved along the railroadtoward Manassas Junction, to reopen our com-munications and to be in jjosition to cooperatewith the forces along the Warrenton pike. On the afternoon of that day a severeengagement took plac
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