Bull Run was the first battle in the civil war. Paul Fleischman retold the story with his own twist in the historical fiction book Bull Run. The book is told from the point of view from sixteen different people from the North and South. The battle of Bull Run took place in Prince William county of Virginia. The time of this book is the beginning of the Civil War. Some of the people talk about before the battle and some after the battle. An historical date in this story was the night of April 12, 1861. This is where we meet the first character, Colonel Oliver Battle. He is awoken in the night by the sound of bombs in the air. He was hearing the attack on Fort Sumter. Another important character is Toby Boyce. He is an eleven -year-