. A bird's-eye view of our Civil War . his favorite campaigning ground, Pope directs his scattered forces on this town. But Jackson gets ahead of him. Lee has been filling up his attenuated ranks ; he has got together eighty thousand men. He sends A. P. Hill to reinforce Jackson. So soon as Lee ascertains that McClellans forces are certainly to leave the James, he orders Jackson to assail Popes van, at Culpeper, without further delay. Jackson advances with twenty-eight thousand men. August 9. Banks meets him near Cedar Mountain(Confederate Cedar Run) with less than half this 1862.] POPES CAMPA
. A bird's-eye view of our Civil War . his favorite campaigning ground, Pope directs his scattered forces on this town. But Jackson gets ahead of him. Lee has been filling up his attenuated ranks ; he has got together eighty thousand men. He sends A. P. Hill to reinforce Jackson. So soon as Lee ascertains that McClellans forces are certainly to leave the James, he orders Jackson to assail Popes van, at Culpeper, without further delay. Jackson advances with twenty-eight thousand men. August 9. Banks meets him near Cedar Mountain(Confederate Cedar Run) with less than half this 1862.] POPES CAMPAIGN. 71 force, and, attacking without discretion but with muchvigor, he ahiiost compasses a victory. Jackson retiresacross the Rapidan. Our losses are twenty-four hundred,against thirteen hundred of the enemys. Lee now moves Longstreet to the new field of operations,while one-third of the Army of the Potomac is on the marchto sustain Pope. Overratino^ the numerical P -r -r* r 1, i August 17-18. superiority of Lee, Pope follows up the. Popes Campaign. (L) August 24, 1862. opening boast of his campaign by a retreat to the Rappa-hannock. Here, under Hallecks orders, he is committed(to the very hazardous policy of protecting two divergent 72 BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF OUR CIVIL WAR. [1862 lines in his rear, — one to Washington, whence come hissupplies ; one to Acquia Creek, whence are to come his re-inforcements from the Army of the Potomac; and he ispromised immediate and large accessions of troops. Iffrom defeat, or for good tactical or strategic reasons, he isconstrained to abandon the position so taken up, it need notbe pointed out that he thus uncovers either one or both ofthese lines. Such a scheme is full of disadvantages if notpositive dangers. It is rarely permissible. Lee, with Jackson on the left and Longstreet on theright, advances upon him. Seeing no chance August 21. . of forcing the river to advantage, Lee ordersJackson far around the Bull Run range to the left, to fallupon
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