Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War . Reference Stephenson Civil War Maps, 465.67. Washington D. C. is at the upper right. Charlottesville, Virginia is at the lower left. Shows roads, railroads, place names and terrain features.
Relief is shown by hachures.
Troop positions and movements are not shown. General Pope was the new commander of Federal forces in the Piedmont area. He had been very successful in Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee, and was brought to Virginia by President Lincoln. But Pope was not well liked by either his fellow officers or by his new troops. Pope also angered General Lee because of Pope's orders to confiscate property of Virginians.