Ku sii qor faqradan - Ka dib markii ay ka soo baxeen Richmond, Ciidanka III waxay la socdeen Ciidanka Potomac ilaa Manassas, halkaas oo loo diray inay xoojiyaan Ciidanka John Pope ee Virginia. Ciidanku waxay ka baxeen Harrison's Bar 14kii Ogosto, waxayna u ambabaxeen Yorktown, waxayna u ambabaxeen 20kii Ogosto Alexandria. Waxay timid Warrenton Junction 26kii Agoosto, maalintii xigtayna Excelsior Brigade waxay dagaal culus ku dhexmartay Saldhigga Bristoe. Bishii Agoosto 29keedii, ciidanka waxay ku dagaalameen Groveton. Cuvier Grover's Brigade, oo ka tirsan Hooker's Division, ayaa si ba'an ugu dagaalamay jidka tareenka, kaas oo si rasmi ah loogu soo warramey isticmaalka bayonetada iyo qoryaha. Bishii Sebtember 1, Kearny qeybtiisa waxay ku dagaalameysay Chantilly
, Birney's Brigade oo qeyb muhiim ah ka qaadanaya; Kearny waxaa lagu dilay ficilkan. Khasaaraha ciidanka ee Manassas, oo ay ku jiraan Bristoe, Groveton, iyo Chantilly, waxay gaareen 260 oo la dilay, 1,525 dhaawac ah, iyo 453 la la'yahay; wadar ahaan, 2,238, oo ay ku jiraan Phil Kearny, oo ay toogteen ciidamada Confederate ee Chantilly. Hooker's Division waxaa ku jiray 10,000 oo nin Yorktown, waxayna heshay xoojin ku saabsan 3,000 oo kale; kadib Manassas, waxay raashin ka heshay Saldhigga Fairfax oo kaliya 2,400 oo nin.