Sii wadida faqradan - Bishii Agoosto 28-30, 1862, Ciidanka Confederate ee Waqooyiga Virginia oo uu hogaaminayo General Robert E. Lee ayaa ka adkaaday Ciidanka Union Major General John Pope ee Virginia Dagaalkii Labaad ee Bull Run ama Manassas Labaad. Pope wuxuu dib ugu laabtay Centreville, Virginia halkaas oo uu ka fiirsaday in ciidankiisa dib ugu laabtaan difaaca Washington, D.C. Maaddaama ragga Pope ay dib u laabteen oo ay dib u abaabuleen si muuqata oo wanaagsan, Major General Henry W. Halleck, ka dibna General-ka Guud ee Ciidanka Midowga, ayaa ku amray Pope inuu weeraro Lee. Lee ma uusan amrin in si deg deg ah loo daba galo ciidanka Pope maxaa yeelay Confederates waxay ku daaleen saddex toddobaad oo socod iyo dagaal ah waxayna ku yaraadeen rasaasta iyo sahayda. Maalintii xigtay, Lee wuxuu amar ku bixiyay Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson si uu uga soo horjeesto ciidanka Midowga una soo dhex galo ciidanka Pope iyo Washington, D.C. Tani waxay keentay Dagaalkii Chantilly
ama Ox Hill oo ku taala gobolka Fairfax, Virginia bisha Sebtember 1. Laba qaybood oo ka tirsan ciidamada Midowga ayaa ka hortagay ciidamada isbaheysiga iyadoo duufaan xoog leh ay carqaladeysay dagaalka sii socda. Kadib markii dagaalka la joojiyay, ciidamada Midowga waxay ugu horreyn u baxeen Jermantown, Virginia iyo Fairfax Court House, Virginia ka dibna waxay u baxeen difaaca Washington, DC. Tani waxay wadada u furtay ololihii Maryland, duulaankii ugu horeeyay ee Lee ee Waqooyiga.