What Happened During The Bull Run Summary

In this article the author recalls the events which took place during the Bull Run. It was a battle between the north and the south. The author opens with the attacking against federal troop in Baltimore. While in the north rails and telegraph lines where cut. Rumors started to fly around about how the Pawnees were going to attack the city by setting it on fire. However that never happened. The confederates were smart but they underestimate their opponents. They knew a wars was coming and they knew when. They would receive coded messages which told them the union army was on the march. Beauregard wanted to take Washington. He had a plan of combining the west and east to attack McDowell only because he was out numbered and needed help. Then