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Bull Run by Paul Fleischman

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The early days of the Civil War from the perspective of 16 separate narrators, Northern and Southern, men and women, White and Black

The synopsis of this book: "Newbury Medal-winning author Paul Fleischman re-creates the first great battle of the Civil War from the points of view of sixteen participants. Here are the voices that tell of the dreams of glory, the grim reality, the hopes, horror, and folly of a nation discovering the true nature of war."

The speakers of this book, except for General Irvin McDowell, are fictional.

The Southern Characters are:

Colonel Oliver Brattle

Shem Suggs

Flora Wheelworth

Toby Boyce

Virgil Peavey

Dr. William Rye

Judah Jenkins

Carlotta King

The Northern Characters are:

Lily Malloy

Gideon Adams

James Dacy

Nathaniel Epp

Dietrich Herz

General Irvin McDowell

A.B. Tilbury

Edmund Upwing

Chromolithograph by Kurz & Allison, 1888

Chromolithograph by Kurz & Allison, 1888

Learning plan suggestion: Give each student or pair of students the chapters from the point of view of one of the above people. They can read the pages and share with the class what they learned the First Battle of Bull Run from that person's perspective.