Name _______________________________
Am. Nat. 16.2 Bull Run Notes (20:33-41:40)
1A. Northern Strategies/Union Plans for Victory (POWER POINT)
b. The North wanted to
a. The North would use
its Navy to …
seize Richmond b/c
they thought this
might
c. The North planned to
seize the Mississippi in
order to prevent …
d. The North also knew
that capturing the
Mississippi would …
1B. The Confederate Strategies (POWER POINT)
a. The Confederate
states wanted to fight a
defensive war until …
b. The Confederates
knew that if the war
became unpopular in
the North …
c. The Confederates
believed foreign
countries would help
them by giving …
d. The Confederates
believed Europe would
help the South b/c …
1C. The Union calls the first major battle of the Civil War “BULL RUN”; the Confederates call it
“MANASSAS JUNCTION” … Why do they each call it by a different name? (POWER POINT)
(POWER POINT)
(POWER POINT)
2A. The Union army was marching to
2B. The UNION army was marching from
R _ _ _ _ _ _ _, VA
W _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, _._.
3. Why did the Union General, McDowell, not want to make the march to Bull Run? (POWER POINT)
4. Describe the Union army’s march to Bull Run/Manassas. (3 EXAMPLES/Descriptions of the march!)
A.
B.
C.
5. Why was it a mistake for Union General McDowell to begin his march at 2:30am?
6. What was the condition of the Union army when they arrived at Bull Run?
7. Hundreds of civilians came out to Bull Run w/picnic baskets in order to …
8. At the start of the fighting, the Union troops outnumber the Confederate troops ____ to 1.
9. The Union army looks as though they will win at Bull Run. However, what mistake does the Union
General Irvin McDowell make that allows the Confederates to turn the tide?
10. Why is Confederate commander Thomas Jackson given the nickname “STONEWALL JACKSON”?
11. How did the Minnie ball affect war casualties?
12. Some wounded soldiers begged medics to K
_ _ _ them.
15. What was the “final
13. How did the firefighting
14. How did the variety of
Zouaves from New York respond
when attacked by the Confederates?
uniforms influence the 1st
Battle of Bull Run/Manassas?
blunder” General McDowell
makes that ends the 1st Battle
of Bull Run?
16. Why were the retreating
17. What impression did
18. After 1st Bull Run, how
Union soldiers stuck in a “traffic
jam” during their retreat?
the returning Union soldiers
make upon the people of
Washington D.C.?
many men does Lincoln call for
to serve in the Union army?