As Pope saw it, the battle was almost won. He believed Stonewall Jackson was the only foe he faced here and that Jackson was retreating after the fight at Brawner Farm, leaving the Federals able to crush the outnumbered Rebels. In reality, Jackson's troops had taken position along the ditches and high embankments of the Unfinished Railroad. By noon on the 29th, Maj. Gen. James Longstreet and 28,000 men, the rest of the Confederate Army, had marched from Thoroughfare Gap to within two miles of Pope's headquarters. Pope seemed to ignore all evidence that did not fit his vision of total victory, and during the next thirty-six hours his overconfidence almost destroyed the Union Army.