The Battle of Bristow, Confederate Domination

The maps don't show that what Pope wanted was to attack immediately before Longstreet could come up. And you can't do that. That's why Lee was able to run rings around him. It was like Ali versus someone who, well, if Liston had had some of his own product before the fight, he would just be swinging very slowly while Ali was going right around him. So that happens all through the battle. The cavalry doesn't move up. The infantry refuses to take or declines or isn't able to take the positions it's ordered to. In the end, Pope ends up facing the Blue Ridge Mountains on the plane and waiting for Jackson to come down and fight him.