. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . Onthe last day, Governor Blair witnessed the sham battle. And thus a trio of weeks passed by, ourselves gladdened withdaily mails, a good place to sleep, and ample and wholesome food;our evenings gleeful with music, dancing, and song, while the prayermeetings were well attended by such as found interest therein. ButSeptember 29 brought an end to these pastimes by orders to startnext morning for the Army of the Potomac. WASHINGTON POPES CAMPAIGN — DISASTER. Before proceeding further
. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . Onthe last day, Governor Blair witnessed the sham battle. And thus a trio of weeks passed by, ourselves gladdened withdaily mails, a good place to sleep, and ample and wholesome food;our evenings gleeful with music, dancing, and song, while the prayermeetings were well attended by such as found interest therein. ButSeptember 29 brought an end to these pastimes by orders to startnext morning for the Army of the Potomac. WASHINGTON POPES CAMPAIGN — DISASTER. Before proceeding further with our story, let us survey the armymovements since we left the Army of the Potomac at Harrisons Landing on the James river inthe early days of July. Whilethis army was on the Peninsula,three other commands had beenformed: (1) McDowells, atFredericksburg; (2) Banks, inthe Shenandoah Valley, and (3)Fremonts, in West were united under GeneralPope, who issued a bombasticaddress, the pungency of whichwas evidently aimed at McClellanand his army. His satire wasnotTcalculated to foster for him. MAP OF popes campaign, 1862. FIRST MONTHS OF ARMY LIFE. 57 the respect of the generals of that army, and the failures that soonfollowed are possibly traceable to this cause. Meanwhile, GeneralHalleck had been appointed General-in-Chief of all the Union armies. Pope with 40,000 men was at Culpepper, McClellan with 90,000men was on the James river below Richmond, and Lee with a largearmy of the enemy lay virtually between the two Union armies. Itwas deemed advisable at the War Office that the two parts of theUnion army be united, and McClellan was ordered to withdraw hisarmy by water for this purpose, to Alexandria. Instead of obeyingthe order with alacrity, leaving consequences with his superiorshe protested and tried to defeat it, but finally obeyed aftersome delay. Meanwhile, Lee was quick to perceive his opportunity. Keepinga portion of his men to watch McClellan, he sent
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