Transcript Bull Run - Moore MST Reading

Bull Run – by Paul Fleischman
 Historical
 Based
Fiction
on Civil War
Background Information
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First Battle of Manassas – Bull Run
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Occurred on July 21,1861
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General Irvin McDowell – commander of the Union Army –
35,000 troops
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General P.G.T. Beauregard – commander of the Confederate
force – 22,000 troops
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Union Army lost this battle at Bull Run
Virginia
Union Commander – North/Yankees
Colonel Elmer Ellsworth
(killed; McDowell takes over)
Union Commander – North/Yankees
General Irvin McDowell
(lacks experience)
Confederate Leader – South/Rebels
P.G. T. Beauregard
President of the Confederate States
Jefferson Davis
( travels by train to Bull
Run to see the Union
collapse)
Colonel Oliver Brattle
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Character
Dislikes war
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Conflict
Knows the cruelty of
war
Disagrees with
General Beauregard
Shem Suggs
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Character
Likes horses
Has no family
19 years old
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Conflict
Gets freaked out at
the site of the dead
horses after the battle
Flora Wheelworth
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Character
Wealthy
Sons-in-law go to war
Starts Soldier’s Friend
League
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Conflict
Wonder why the
Confederate Army is
not advancing
Home becomes a
hospital for wounded
Toby Boyce
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Character
11 years old
Anxious to fight
Plays the fife
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Conflict
Too young to fight
Not used to the drunk
and rowdy men in
camp
Runs home scared
after he sees dying
men
Virgil Peavey
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Character
Rides a train for the 1st
time
Fights with Bee’s
brigade
Makes a pact with
Tuck
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Conflict
Tuck is shot and killed
and Virgil leaves him
behind
Dr. William Rye
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Character
His trade is healing
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Conflict
Makes soldiers well
just so they can go to
battle and die
Cutting off arms and
legs
Judah Jenkins
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Character
Sees Colonel
Ellsworth get shot
Courier – rides a
horse
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Conflict
Loses his horse
Rides to the battlefront
to get word on the
Yank’s position
Carlotta King
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Character
Slave woman to a
Lieutenant
Came up from MS
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Conflict
She wants to run to
freedom, but is afraid
she will get sent back
Lily Malloy
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Character
Father is harsh
Patrick is her brother
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Conflict
Patrick runs away to
fight in war
Patrick is killed in war
Gideon Adams
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Character
Black man
Tries to act white
Changes his name
$13.00 per month
Decides to re-enlist
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Conflict
Wants to fight
White soldiers talk
badly about blacks in
his presence
Does not get to fight in
the battle
James Dacey
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Character
Sketch artist for
newspaper
Travels w/union
Sees Zuave soldiers
with Ellsworth
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Conflict
So upset he can’t
draw after the skirmish
he sees
Doubts the Union
Wonders why the
Union is just giving up
Nathaniel Epp
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Character
Photographer
Charges 20 cents for
photos
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Conflict
Does not have one
Dietrich Herz
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Character
German immigrant
Keeps picture in his
pocket of lady that
made his shirt
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Conflict
Gets suicide note in
his shirt
Wounded and left for
dead on battle field
Has legs amputated
General Irvin McDowell
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Character
Has only lead 100
men
Does not have a map
of Virginia
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Conflict
Inexperience
Soldiers want to leave
the unit
He watches his line
fall apart as they lose
the battle
A.B. Tilbury
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Character
Shoots cannon for the
Union
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Conflict
Attacked by
Confederates that
were dressed in blue
Shot in both arms, but
could run
Edmund Upwing
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Character
Carriage driver for 2
Union Congressmen
and their wives
Listens to what they
are saying with them
knowing
Finds escape route
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Conflict
Has to escape the
picnic area once the
Union start retreating