1. Happy Monday
Get your C-Book and open up your Battle of Bull Run Notes. Then flip your C-Book closed.
You need your headphones everyday this week.

2. War in the East:

3. Bull Run - Coincidence
Wilmer McLean was the center of one of the strangest coincidences of the Civil War. In July 1861, the 47-year-old merchant and farmer lent out his house in Manassas, Virginia, to be the headquarters of Confederate general P.G.T. Beauregard. Unfortunately, this brought the First Battle of Bull Run (the first major battle of the war) right to McLean’s doorstep, and a Federal cannonball even crashed through the McLeans’ fireplace and into their kitchen. Fortunately, no one was harmed.

4. Bull Run - Coincidence
After the battle, the Confederates stayed on the McLean property, using their barn as a hospital. Then, a year later, in August 1862, the Second Battle of Bull Run occurred, again right by the McLeans’ house. That was the final straw for Wilmer, and in spring 1863, he moved his family 120 miles south, to southern Virginia, hoping to avoid any more battles. This was also a good business move on his part, as he made most of his money during the war years by running sugar through the Union blockade. Unluckily for the McLeans, the town Wilmer decided to move to was called Clover Hill—soon renamed Appomattox Court House.
*The CW started in his front yard and ended in his backyard.

5. 1st Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas) July 21, 1861
Virginia

6. Battle of Bull Run – Basic Facts
Date(s): July 21, 1861
Location: Northern Virginia
Famous People: Thomas Stonewall Jackson (CSA)
Who won the battle? The CSA

7. Battle of Bull Run Notes
both armies were inexperienced
Many civilians came to watch the battle
Most people expected the larger Union army to win the battle
General Jackson led the CSA to victory as he forced the Union to retreat
Union soldiers and the civilians retreated in a panic
Northerners were shocked that the Union lost the battle

8. Battle of Bull Run Big Ideas
Both sides realized that the war would be a long and deadly conflict.
The Union’s loss was so shocking that Lincoln hired George McClellan to lead and organize the Union army.

9. Let’s Go Google Classroom
Goals – Complete #2 and #3 by tomorrow.