PART IV.
_THE WAR ADVANCES NORTHWARD_ I.
LEE'S PROTEST.
General Lee remained in front of Richmond, watching General McClellan, but intelligence soon reached him from the upper Rappahannock that another army was advancing in that quarter, and had already occupied the county of Culpepper, with the obvious intention of capturing Gordonsville, the point of junction of the Orange and Alexandria and Virginia Central Railroads, and advancing thence upon Richmond.
The great defeat on the Chickahominy had only inspired the Federal authorities with new energy.

Three hundred thousand new troops were called for, large bounties were held out as an inducement to enlistment, negro-slaves in regions occupied by the United States armies were directed to be enrolled as troops, and military commanders were authorized to seize upon whatever was "necessary or convenient for their commands," without compensation to the owners.

This indicated the policy upon which it was now intended to conduct the war, and the army occupying Culpepper proceeded to carry out the new policy in every particular.
This force consisted of the troops which had served under Generals Banks, McDowell, and Fremont--a necleus--and reenforcements from the army of McClellan, together with the troops under General Burnside, were hastening to unite with the newly-formed army.

It was styled the "Army of Virginia," and was placed under command of Major-General John Pope, who had hitherto served in the West.

General Pope had procured the command, it is said, by impressing the authorities with a high opinion of his energy and activity.