The Army of the Potomac began to move on March seventeenth, eighteen sixty-two. Within two weeks, more than fifty thousand had reached Fort Monroe, southeast of Richmond.
1862年3月17日,波托马可军团出发了,在两个星期内,已经有五万多人到达了雷切蒙德东南的门罗军事要塞(FortMonroe),这五万人配备了一百门大炮和大量的炮弹。