Presents the events leading up to the first major battle in the Civil War, at Bull Run in 1861, and describes that clash and its aftermath.
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, ...
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
Discusses the causes, events, and far-reaching consequences of the first battle of the Civil War.
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 ...
The Battle of Bull Run
Douglas, I Rode With Stonewall, p. 138. ... 151; Letter of B. F. Butterfield in James Tanner, “Corporal Tanner,” National Tribune, June 9, 1887; H. T. Childs, “The Second Battle of Manassas,” Confederate Veteran, Vol. 28 (1920), p. 100.