Describes the events of the first Battle of Bull Run at Manassas, Virginia, where residents of Washington, D.C. went out to watch the war and the North had their first major loss of the Civil War.
William C. Davis has written a compelling and complete account of this landmark conflict. The Battle at Bull Run (or Manassas) is notable for many reasons.
The 38th New York of Orlando Willcox's brigade had been hovering north of Henry Hill for some time. ... Looking behind them, the New Yorkers cheered when a section of Reynolds' battery under Lieutenant J. Albert Monroe, rumbled up, ...
This book explores various perspectives surrounding the first Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War. Readers are immersed in the action as their choices guide the narrative.
Few subordinate commanders of the war held their commanding officer in greater disdain than did Daniel Tyler. ... Milledge Bonham's brigade of South Carolinians, the larger force, had retreated southwestward toward Mitchell's and ...
The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Second Battle of Bull Run comprehensively covers the campaign and the events that led up to the battle, the fighting itself, and the aftermath of the battle.
McLean shrugs . “ So be it , ” he says , and with that , McLean pushes his cart away . Cyrus is pretty grumpy as we keep marching . “ Been risking my life all day for that bastard and his barn , ” I hear him grumbling , “ and he can't ...
Lewis E. Lindsay, Quinn Coll. via USAMHI. Lt. James H. Young, White-Thomas Coll. via USAMHI. Dr. Watkins Vaughan, taken from Reuben Vaughan Kidd: Soldier of the Confederacy. Petersburg: Violent Bank, 1947.
Discusses the causes, events, and far-reaching consequences of the first battle of the Civil War.
McDowell assumed the Confederates would be forced to abandon Manassas Junction and fall back to the next defensible line, the Rappahannock River.
Debacles at Bull Run comprehensively covers both campaigns, the events that led up to the battles, the fighting itself, and the aftermath of both battles.