Bull Run Characters – Flashcards
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Flora Wheelworth
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Woman from Virginia whose daughters' husbands went to war. House got turned into a field hospital. Met Dietrich Herz at the end.
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James Dacy
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Sketch artist for New York Illustrated News. Sketched battle at Bull Run and started cheering. Picked up a standard during Union's retreat and tried reorganizing army.
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Toby Boyce
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11-year-old boy from Georgia. Dreamed to kill a Yankee. Joined Confederate army as fife player. Saw aftermath of battle and ran home.
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Nathaniel Epp
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Photographer from the North. Photograph Union army. Captured first picture of a soul leaving the body. Took Confederate pics after Union's retreat.
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Virgil Peavey
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Inexperienced soldier from the South. Friend Tuck killed.
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Dietrich Herz
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German immigrant from NY fighting for Union because it gave him a better life. Fighting in German regiment. Got letter from a girl whom he vowed to meet. Got both legs shattered and was shot in the neck, but survived. Met Flora Wheelsworth.
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Dr. William Rye
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Military doctor for Confederacy. Spoke of poor conditions in the camps - bad hygiene, dysentery, sewer streets, soldiers dying mainly from disease.
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General Irvin McDowell
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Commander of Army of the Potomac. Talked about untrained troops and unreliable maps. Flanking plan worked until they got overwhelmed.
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Judah Jenkins
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From Alexandria, Virginia. Witnessed killing of Elsworth. Joined Confederate army as courier for revenge.
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A. B. Tilbury
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Union cannoneer from Maine. Joined because he believed southerners were bad. Terrible soldier. Tricked with the uniform color trick. Shot in both arms.
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Carlotta King
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Slave whose master was in the Confederate army. About to escape, but found out about Fugitive Slave Act. Master killed in battle and escaped.
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Edmund Upwing
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Old fashioned "taxi" driver. Drove 2 congressmen and their wives to see the battle. Almost got bombed when they jammed the road the Union army was escaping on.
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