ABSTRACT
On June 27, 1862 Lincoln, despairing that McClellan had the spirit to force his way into Richmond, brought a winning general, MajorGeneral John Pope, from the Mississippi to take command of a new formation called the Army of Virginia. This included troops in the Valley, from the Mountain Department and the Department of the Shenandoah, and the troops in front of Washington, known as the Department of the Rappahannock. In all, Pope had about 45,000 men under his command. He was ordered to move overland toward Richmond to take pressure off the Army of the Potomac on the Virginia peninsula.
