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Warm Up. Grab a Blue Sheet from Table in front of room. Prep fo ’ Notes. The First Battle of Bull Run. Lincoln Needed a Battlefield General Scott was not his man Hires Irwin McDowell to command Army of Northeastern VA. Lincoln Fires Scott. The First Battle of Bull Run. July 1861
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Warm Up Grab a Blue Sheet from Table in front of room. Prep fo’ Notes
Lincoln Needed a Battlefield General Scott was not his man Hires Irwin McDowell to command Army of Northeastern VA Lincoln Fires Scott
The First Battle of Bull Run • July 1861 • Irwin McDowell marches troops South from DC to recapture Manassas Junction • Manassas Junction was important railroad juncture
Confederates Entrench • PGT Beauregard entrenches along Bull Run Creek
The Social Event of the Time! • Washington Elites go to picnic to watch the battle
Initial Success! • McDowell breaks through enemy lines early
A Legend is Born! • Thomas Jackson rallies Confederates! • Holds line like “A Stone Wall”
Confederates Rally! • Hold line then counterattack through Union Lines • Picnickers are forced to retreat with Soldiers • Union dead and wounded left on the field
A Union Defeat • Disaster for the Union • McDowell is fired • This is going to last longer than 3 months
Take Out Your Eyewitness Packet • Open To First Bull Run • We Are Going To Read Out Loud
A New Star Rises? • Lincoln hires George B. McClellan to command new Army of the Potomac
Activity • Work on the Johnny Reb Jumble!