In this episode I look at the early battles of June and July 1861 which saw some minor victories for both sides. I look first of all at the Battle of Big Bethel which pitted General Butler against future CSA Generals John Bankhead Magruder and Daniel Harvey Hill. I then turn to the western part of Virginia and look at the campaign of General George B. McClellan to invade and eventually seize that part of Virginia forming the future state of West Virginia.