frans siegel's corps of the federal army was already in position on henry house hill and thus pope would order him to attack the enemy vigorously the next morning, the largest body of infantry soldiers of the federal army to jackson's position. pope would continue to dictate his orders for the following day. he would order major general philip carney at centreville to march his diversion of the third carp of the army of the potomac the battlefield at 1:00 a.m. and continue forward until he made contact with jackson's pickets and then attack him at dawn. he received the orders at 11:00 p.m. on august 28th. a staff officer delivering the orders to carney recalled his reaction. "tell general pope to go to hell. we won't march before morning." he directed him to follow carney at 3:00 a.m. pope would order jesse reno on bull run from the road to manassas junction to centerville to march to that hamlet and then turn west, taking the turnpike. upon reaching the battlefield, these forces were to join the attack against jackson. pope then ordered major general john porter whose 5th corpse was at

frans siegel's assaults, from the sherz brigade and millroy and shafrpg had a significant impact on the left of jackson's line, especially ap hill's front. several of the attacks had even broken through jackson's defense. for example, the 82 nld ohio detached by millroy to assist to the right had temporarily broken jackson's line in an area known as the dump. both participants in the morning attacks on august 29th and historians since contend that had carney assisted, had he followed up and supported siegel's advance that jackson may have been pushed out of his defensive position. was jackson's line a good defensive stand after all? the general on the left here reported "several orders were stoent him to advance but did he not move until after the troops on his left had been forced back." while general sherz pictured on the rightst screen noted i'm persuaded by that general carney had done at that moment what he did so gallantly late in the afternoon that is to say if he had thrown his column upon the enemy's flanks we might have succeeded in destroying the enemy's left wing. historians