393 Second Bul Run Campaign

393. Second Bul Run Campaign

 The Army of the Potomac was still uncomfortably near Richmond . It occurred to Lee that if he should strike a hard blow at the army in front of Washington , Lincoln would recall McClellan . Suddenly , without any warning , Jackson ap - peared at Manassas Junction ( p .317). McClelan was at once ordered to transport his army by water to the Potomac , and place it under the orders of General John Pope , commanding the forces in front of Washington . McClellan did as he was ordered . But Lee moved faster than he could move . Before the Army of the Potomac was thoroughly in Pope ＇ s grasp , Lee attacked the Union forces near Bull Run . He defeated them , drove them off the field and back into the forts defending Washington ( August ,1862).