Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Laba sano ka dib, January 22, 1862, William H. Paul wuxuu isku diiwaangeliyey ciidanka dagaalka sokeeye ee Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kadib wuxuu si rasmi ah ugu biiray Xerada McClellan ee xaafadda Nicetown-Tioga ee Philadelphia isla maalintaas isagoo ka tirsan Shirkadda E ee Ciidanka Lugta ee 90aad ee Pennsylvania. Diiwaanada milatariga ee waqtigaas ayaa ku tilmaamay inuu ahaa 20-jir reer Philadelphia ah oo dhererkiisu yahay 5 <unk> 3-1/2 <unk> oo leh timo bunni ah, indho hazel ah iyo midab cad. Dhamaadkii bishii Maarso, tababarka aasaasiga ah kadib, waxaa loola cararay ciidankiisii tareenka ilaa Baltimore, Maryland, oo ku yaalla Patterson Park Barracks, waxaana lagu qalabeeyay qoriga la beddelay ee la beddelay ka hor inta aan mar kale loo wareejin, iyada oo loo marayo Washington, DC, ilaa Aquia Creek Landing, waxaana loo qoondeeyay ciidankiisii guutada 2aad, qeybta 2aad ee ciidanka Mareykanka ee ciidanka 1aad ee hoos yimaada General Irvin McDowell. Paul iyo asxaabtiisii 90aad ee Pennsylvania waxay u safreen goobo kala duwan si ay u taageeraan howlgallada Ciidanka Midowga dhowrka bilood ee soo socda, waxay arkeen ficilkoodii ugu horreeyay ee ugu weynaa ee Dagaalkii Cedar Mountain, Virginia (Agoosto 9, 1862) intii lagu jiray furitaanka Ololaha Waqooyiga Virginia. Waxaa lagu amray in lagu burburiyo buundada tareenka ee Saldhigga Mitchell 15kii Ogosto, waxay ka dib ilaaliyeen gadaasha Ciidanka Midowga markii ay dib ugu laabteen Wabiga Rappahannock, ka dibna waxay taageero siiyeen baytariyada hubka dagaalka ee Midowga intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Koowaad ee Saldhigga Rappahannock (22kii Ogosto-25kii Ogosto) ka hor inta aysan u dhaqaaqin howlgallada la xiriira Dagaalkii Thoroughfare Gap (28kii Ogosto). Ka dib dagaalkii labaad ee Bull Run (August 28-30) iyo
Dagaalkii Chantilly (Sebtember 1), waxaa dib loogu magacaabay ololihii Maryland ee uu hoggaaminayay Sarreeye Guud Joseph Hooker, ka dibna wuxuu mar kale ku dagaalamay Dagaalkii South Mountain (Sebtember 14).