 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakupedzisira, mirairo mitatu yakazvimiririra yaMajeneral McDowell, John C. Frémont, naNathaniel P. Banks yakabatanidzwa muMajor General John Popes Army yeVirginia uye McDowell akatungamira III Corps yeuto iro. Nemhaka yezviito zvake paCedar Mountain, McDowell akazoguma ava mukuru mukuru muuto renguva dzose; zvisinei, akapomerwa mhosva yenjodzi yakazoitika paChipiri Bull Run. McDowell aishorwawo zvikuru nemauto ake amene ayo aimudavira kuva mubatanidzwa nomuvengi. Akapukunyuka mhaka kupfurikidza nokupupurira mukurwisana naMajor General Fitz John Porter, uyo Pope akatongerwa kudare rehondo nokuda kwokufungidzira kusateerera muhondo iyoyo. Pope naMcDowell vakanga vasingafarirani, asi McDowell akashivirira kushanda pasi pake achiziva zvizere kuti iye amene aizoramba ari mukuru mukuru pashure pokunge hondo yapera nepo Pope aizodzokera kuchinzvimbo chacolonel. Pasinei nokupukunyuka kwake chaiko, McDowell haana kugamuchira migove mitsva kwamakore maviri akatevera. 