Martin Gitlin A HISTORY PERSPECTIVES BOOK THE BATTLE of BULL RUN
Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor Michigan www cherrylakepublishing com Consultants James McPherson Professor of History Emeritus Princeton University Marla Conn ReadAbility Inc Editorial direction Red Line Editorial Book design Sleeping Bear Press Photo Credits Library of Congress cover left cover right 1 left 1 right 12 16 17 22 24 26 Currier Ives Library of Congress cover center 1 center Charles R Reese Library of Congress 4 Bettmann Corbis 6 30 Kurz Allison Library of Congress 8 John Adams Elder Library of Congress 11 James F Gibson Library of Congress 14 Corbis 20 Alfred Waud Library of Congress 28 Copyright 2015 by Cherry Lake Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gitlin Martin The Battle of Bull Run Martin Gitlin pages cm Perspectives library Includes index ISBN 978-1-63137-617-7 hardcover ISBN 978-1-63137-662-7 pbk ISBN 978-1-63137-707-5 pdf ebook ISBN 978-1-63137-752-5 hosted ebook 1 Bull Run 1st Battle of Va 1861 Juvenile literature I Title E472 18 G58 2014 975 5’03 dc23 2014004583 Cherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge the work of The Partnership for 21st Century Skills Please visit www p21 org for more information Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics Inc July 2014
Table of Contents In this book you will read about the Battle of Bull Run from three perspectives Each perspective is based on real things that happened to real people who fought at or witnessed this Civil War battle As you’ll see the same event can look different depending on one’s point of view Chapter 1 4 Thomas Bedford Confederate Captain Chapter 2 12 Richard Davis Union Soldier Chapter 3 22 Sam Scoville Washington Newspaper Reporter Look Look Again 30 Glossary 3 1 Learn More 3 1 Index 32 About the Author 32
