#54 FIRST MANASSAS (Part the Third)

The Civil War & Reconstruction

Richard Youngdahl

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🗓️ 15 December 2013

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In which we cover the affair at Blackburn's Ford on July 18, 1861. Plus, we look at McDowell's decision to change his plan and attempt to turn the Confederate left flank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, thanks for downloading episode number 54 of our Civil War podcast.
0:23.4	I'm Rich.
0:24.6	And I'm Tracy.
0:25.6	Hello y'all.
0:26.6	Welcome to the podcast.
0:28.6	We ended the last episode with the Federal Army rolling forward into northeastern Virginia,
0:33.9	Beauregard pulling his troops back behind Bull Run, and Joseph E. Johnston's force starting
0:39.2	to slip away from the Shenandoah Valley and make its way east toward Manassas.
0:44.7	On July 17th MacDowell had been frustrated by the failure of his plan to trap the advanced
0:50.1	rebel force at Fairfax Courthouse, and he was upset by the shameful breakdown of discipline
0:55.7	within his army that day, with the looting of Fairfax Courthouse and the burning of
1:00.3	German town, hoping to convert his men from thugs back into soldiers and angry MacDowell
1:06.8	ordered Tyler to resume the advance with his division.
1:10.9	Tyler was to take the road to centerville and pursue the retreating Confederates.
1:15.9	Centerville was just a dusty little hamlet, but like Fairfax Courthouse, centerville was
1:21.0	another important crossroads where several roads intersected and it lay several miles
1:25.9	in front of Bull Run.
1:28.1	But Tyler's force was exhausted and somewhat disorganized, and it only managed to march
1:32.5	a few miles toward centerville before the sunset on July 17th.
1:37.4	MacDowell ordered Tyler to continue his advance the next morning.
1:41.8	The Federal Army's advance came as no surprise to be PGT Beauregard, and on the 17th he
1:48.4	successfully managed to get his advanced outpost back behind Bull Run.
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