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English[en]
Although McDowell knew that his troops were inexperienced and unready, and protested that he was a supply officer, not a field commander, pressure from the Washington politicians forced him to launch a premature offensive against Confederate forces in Northern Virginia.
Finnish[fi]
Vaikka McDowell tiesi että hänen joukkonsa eivät olleet valmiita taisteluun ja olivat kokemattomia, paine Washingtonin poliitikkojen taholta pakotti hänet aloittamaan ennenaikaisen offensiivin konfederaation Pohjois-Virginian joukkoja vastaan.