Assigned blog #3

[3Shena]

Civil warThere were 23 battles in the Civil war. The Battle of Fort Sumpter, The Battle of Rich Mountain, First Battle of Bull Run, Battle of the Moniter and Merrimac, Battle of Shiloh, Battle of New Orleans, Battle of Seven Pines, battle of Harper's Ferry, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg, The Second Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Chancellorsville, The Seige of Vicksburg, The Battle of Gettysburg, The Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Chattanooga, Battle in the Wilderness, the battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Battle of Cold Harbor, The Siege of Petersburg, The Battle of Atlanta, General Sherman's March to the Sea, and The Battle of Richmond Champaign.The Battle of Rich Mountain was one of them. It started in early 1861 when the Confederates attempted to permanently occupy the country south of the Baltimore and the Ohio Railway in Virginia. The First Battle of Bull Run was another battle fought in the Civil War. General Irvin McDowell was in command of the Department of Virginia, with his headquarters at Arlington House. On July 16th of 1861, McDowell and 20,000 other troops marched from Arlington Heights for the purpose of flanking the Confederate right wing. General Irvin McDowell was unable to flank the Confederates, so he continued to make a direct attack on them. It was the morning of July 21st and McDowell's forces were set in motion. While McDowell was planning his attack, the Confederates were planning an attack on him. In the end, the Confederates lost 2,000 troops. Many of the young troops fell out of line and went to pick berries and to get some rest. There was a Second Battle of Bull Run that occured on August 29th-30th in 1862. So that was a year after The Battle of Rich Mountain. The Pope had recieved not one thing of supplies since August 26th, which means that they were really running low on supplies. He wasn't sure that any supplies would be sent anytime soon either. The Pope get his supplies until August 30th, which was too latehttp://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/battle-rich-mountain.htm">http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/battle-rich-mountain.htm
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/bullrun.htm

[Mr. Bruns]

You have two blog 3 posted. I graded the other one as this one is off topic a bit since it is really before Ch. 5-9.