What Happened During The Bull Run Summary
In this article the author recalls the events which took place during the Bull Run. It was a battle between the north and the south. The author opens with the attacking against federal troop in Baltimore. While in the north rails and telegraph lines where cut. Rumors started to fly around about how the Pawnees were going to attack the city by setting it on fire. However that never happened. The confederates were smart but they underestimate their opponents. They knew a wars was coming and they knew when. They would receive coded messages which told them the union army was on the march. Beauregard wanted to take Washington. He had a plan of combining the west and east to attack McDowell only because he was out numbered and needed help. Then
he would proceed to take out the Yankees, then the liberation of Maryland, and finally capture Washington. Bri. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston had about 12,000 men which would be joining forces with Beauregard. However he ran into 18,000 men who was under Maj. Gen Robert Peterson. His mission was to decline the threat on Washington and stop Beauregard and Johnston from joining forces. Beauregard moved his forces behind Bull Run River. Due to Beauregard needed help Johnson moved his men after Patterson moved his down the valley. The first shot was heard 57 miles away from Bull Run. Beauregard and his army set up forts. McDowell had a plan to attack Beauregard from the right flank. However after he inspected the grounds he decided not to. He made a careless decision when he sent Brig. Gen. Daniel Tyler division to test the defense of Brig. Gen. James Longstreet. They waited until they were close and then they being to shoot at them. After 90 day McDowell lost the fourth Pennsylvania and the Eight New York because there time was up. Beauregard on the other hand was getting attacked by other forces, however he prevailed. The beginning of the war started when Tyler belonging to McDowell force shot into a confederates tent as an act of announcing their advance. The ending of this this article talks about the battle between Capt. Nathan Evens infantry vs Tyler’s infantry. The joining forces of Capt. Nathan Evens infantry, Bree, and Col. Francis Bartow’s Georgia. In the end the union wins and the people of Washington fears of evasion but nothing happens.
he would proceed to take out the Yankees, then the liberation of Maryland, and finally capture Washington. Bri. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston had about 12,000 men which would be joining forces with Beauregard. However he ran into 18,000 men who was under Maj. Gen Robert Peterson. His mission was to decline the threat on Washington and stop Beauregard and Johnston from joining forces. Beauregard moved his forces behind Bull Run River. Due to Beauregard needed help Johnson moved his men after Patterson moved his down the valley. The first shot was heard 57 miles away from Bull Run. Beauregard and his army set up forts. McDowell had a plan to attack Beauregard from the right flank. However after he inspected the grounds he decided not to. He made a careless decision when he sent Brig. Gen. Daniel Tyler division to test the defense of Brig. Gen. James Longstreet. They waited until they were close and then they being to shoot at them. After 90 day McDowell lost the fourth Pennsylvania and the Eight New York because there time was up. Beauregard on the other hand was getting attacked by other forces, however he prevailed. The beginning of the war started when Tyler belonging to McDowell force shot into a confederates tent as an act of announcing their advance. The ending of this this article talks about the battle between Capt. Nathan Evens infantry vs Tyler’s infantry. The joining forces of Capt. Nathan Evens infantry, Bree, and Col. Francis Bartow’s Georgia. In the end the union wins and the people of Washington fears of evasion but nothing happens.