An American history . ackson(section 589, note). AsMcDowell was preparingto move southward, Jack-son made a brief but won-derful campaign in theShenandoah Valley. Soswift and startling were hismovements, that the WarDepartment feared hewould get behind McDowelland attack hot haste McDowell wasordered back to protectthe capital. Jacksons realpurpose, however, was notto attack Washington, butto prevent the junction ofMcDowell and McClellan. While great preparations werebeing made to resist Jackson, he suddenly slipped away, tookhis army with amazing swiftness across Virginia, and j
An American history . ackson(section 589, note). AsMcDowell was preparingto move southward, Jack-son made a brief but won-derful campaign in theShenandoah Valley. Soswift and startling were hismovements, that the WarDepartment feared hewould get behind McDowelland attack hot haste McDowell wasordered back to protectthe capital. Jacksons realpurpose, however, was notto attack Washington, butto prevent the junction ofMcDowell and McClellan. While great preparations werebeing made to resist Jackson, he suddenly slipped away, tookhis army with amazing swiftness across Virginia, and joinedLee at Richmond, June 23.^ 608. The Change of Base. Thus McClellan found himselfbalked. He had not been joined by McDowell and he hadallowed his enemies to concentrate their forces. He lackedneither courage nor ability, but he was not a match for eitherof the two great geniuses now opposed to him. His own genius ^ Ever since the battle of Fair Oaks, McClellan had remained inactive on thebanks of the STONEWALL JACKSON 430 AMERICAN HISTORY was chiefly in the hne of organization. He had made an armyout of raw levies, but now that it was made he was not equalto using it, and at this moment he was deliberating whetherhe ought not to change his base, — that is, move hisdepot of supphes from a point on the Pamunkey River to aless exposed point on the James. 609. The Seven Days. While McClellan was hesitatingwhat to do, Lee attacked him (June 26). This was the
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