Bull Run has steep banks and is deep in spots, and would have slowed even experienced troops. The soldiers of 1861, and many of their officers, were still novices. McDowell was 42 years old, a ...
On this day in 1861, a hot summer Sunday, Union and Confederate troops clashed near Manassas, Va., in the First Battle of Bull Run. It was the opening major land engagement of the Civil War and, at ...
From the last letter of Maj. Sullivan Ballou, 2nd Rhode Island, killed at the First Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861: If it is necessary that I should fall on the battle-field for any country, I am ...
Book 1: Plans and Illusions -- The sacred soil -- Untenable position -- The school of the soldier -- Tentative warriors -- To carry the war into Africa -- Sonar -- Scapegoat -- Book 2: Bumping heads - ...
All the major chapters in the American story, from Indigenous beginnings to the present day. Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander History Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific ...
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