America's Civil War
History 393
Study Questions
Professor John C. Willis
 
 
Early Battles

 

1.  What ironies attended the first battle at Manassas/Bull Run? 

2.  How did their victory at Manassas/Bull Run cause significant difficulties for the Confederates? 

3.  What attitudes toward war do you discern in Sullivan Ballou's letter? 


Visit the National Park Service's First Manassas Battlefield Web site for a brief history, photographs, and a tour of the opening battle in the war's eastern theatre.