Question

What did Lincoln order General McDowell to do that led to the Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 1

Encouraged by early victories by Union troops in western Virginia and by the war fever spreading through the North, President Abraham Lincoln ordered Brigadier General Irvin McDowell to mount an offensive that would hit quickly and decisively at the enemy and open the way to Richmond, thus bringing the war

Answer 2

He ordered him to mount a offensive (whatver that means)