desperate for a win, lincoln calls on the aggressive general john pope to take on lee. i have come to you from the west, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies. and i will pursue the enemy until he is defeated. [ laughter ] the problem is, when pope comes in, right, he s like, oh, yeah. i m a genius who s been winning battles in the west while all you easterners have been blowing it. that doesn t go over well with the troops. pope takes a hard-line stance against the rebels, ordering confederate property seized, crops destroyed, and guerillas executed, enraging lee and the south. amen. thank you for coming, general jackson. this miscreant pope. [ huffs ] .may be a different sort of
side, the union would be lost. desperate for a win, lincoln calls on the aggressive general john pope to take on lee. i have come to you from the west, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies. and i will pursue the enemy until he is defeated. [ laughter ] the problem is, when pope comes in, right, he s like, oh, yeah. i m a genius who s been winning battles in the west while all you easterners have been blowing it. that doesn t go over well with the troops. pope takes a hard-line stance against the rebels, ordering confederate property seized, crops destroyed, and guerillas executed, enraging lee and the south. amen. thank you for coming, general jackson. this miscreant pope.