Bull Run Characters – Flashcards
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Colonel Oliver Brattle
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Colonel from Charleston in the Confederate army. Had served in the Mexican War, so he knew what war was like. Became General Beauregard's strategic adviser. Part of the group who defeated Union army.
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Lily Malloy
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Girl from Crow County, Minnesota. Brother Patrick Malloy ran off to join Union army to get revenge for the attack on Fort Sumter. Brother died in battle.
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Shem Suggs
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19-year-old illiterate orphan from the South. Joined Confederate cavalry to get a horse. Regretted killing in the war because he realized he could have just orphaned another child like him.
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Gideon Adams
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Free African American from Ohio who secretly joined the Union infantry to protect the Union and Lincoln. Went by Gideon Able. Part of the decoy army. Vowed not to go home until Rebels were defeated.
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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.
