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 ...
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.
" --American Civil War Magazine "This is history as it should be written."--The Seattle Times David Detzer is Professor Emeritus of history with Connecticut State University.
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.
"Describes the events surrounding the Battle of Bull Run during the Civil War. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspective of a Union soldier, a Confederate soldier, and a civilian"--Provided by publisher.
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, ...
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.
The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of First Bull Run (First Manassas) comprehensively covers the campaign and the events that led up to the battle, the fighting itself, and the aftermath of the battle.
"This comprehensively researched, well-written book represents the definitive account of Robert E. Lee’s triumph over Union leader John Pope in the summer of 1862.
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.