Battle of Bull Run By July 1861, two months after the confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter to begin the American Civil War, the union was anxious to make an advancement on the confederate capitol. President Lincoln ordered union army general Irvin McDowell to attack the confederate forces camped along the river of Bull Run. Lincoln wanted McDowell to make a quick, unexpected attack on the south to open the way to Richmond and end the Civil War. This battle would eventually be called
The Battle of Antietam Bloodiest Day in American History By Dustin Fogel Period 2 The Battle The Civil War, up until the end of the Battle of Antietam (also called the Battle of Sharpsburg), had been a war fought to save the Union of the United States of America. The Battle of Antietam has been known as the bloodiest single day in American history and is known as such due to the nearly twenty-three thousand lives that were lost, both Union and Confederate, on that September 17, 1862. The