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Parting of the Ways from the Charleston Siege to Bull Run
The excerpt traces the dawn of the Civil War from the bombardment of Fort Sumter to the First Battle of Bull Run. It follows Lt. Ellingham and Col. Haverill's families as war looms, dispatches north and south, and witnesses Jackson's "stone wall" stand alongside Beauregard's forces in a chaotic, evolving conflict.
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Charleston
Henry Clay
Ellingham
Sumter
South Carolina
Haverill
Anderson
Mount Pleasant
Cummings Point
Fort Moultrie
Lincoln
Southland
West
Washington
Lyon
St. Louis
New York
Robert
Madeline
Battery Wall
Bob
Kerebival West
Frank Havertil
Jock
Bardihood
Mrs. Haverill
Thornton
Lieutenant West
Union
Frank
Frank Maverik
Frank Haverill
Sam
Abraham Lincoln
Hell
Colonel Haverill
Virginia
Baltimore
Potomac Flats
Long Bridge
Alexandria
White House
Army of the Potomac
Robert Ellingham
Lee
Richmond
Johnston
Beauregard
Great Valley
Blue Ridge
Shenandoah Mountains
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Jackson
Commonwealth of Virginia
Manassas Junction
Shenandoah Valley
Tee
Bull Hoan
McDowell
Centeryte
Warrenton
Sudley Church
Bull Run
Winfield Scott
Centerville
Haverthl
Buckthorn
Stone Pidge
Sudley
Trampton
Bee
Heartsense
Army of the Shenandoah
Stone Bridge
Bee Check
Manassas
Napoleon
Austertitz