In July 1861, time was running out for the 90-day volunteers — men who answered President Lincoln’s call for troops to put down the South’s rebellion. They had seen the unfinished dome of ...

William Howard Russell, the London Times war correspondent, went to the Battle of Bull Run in a rented buggy with ... for the first big battle of the Civil War. They expected it to be the only ...

the Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Manassas, marked the first large-scale land battle of the Civil War. In celebration of the sesquicentennial, 10,000 re-enactors from around the ...

Bull Run, the first land battle of the Civil War, was fought at a time when many Americans believed the conflict would be short and relatively bloodless, writes the Senate Historical Office.

Military historian Ethan Rafuse provided an overview of the Battle ... of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, “Mobilizing for War and the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run.” ...

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Take Command: Civil War Bull Run was awarded the 2005 Wargame of the Year by the Wargamer.com Reader's Choice Awards. http://www.wargamer.com/articles/readerschoice ...

It's time to mark another 150th anniversary of an important Civil War event. The First Battle of Bull Run was fought on July 21st, 1861. WKAR's Scott Pohl discussed the battle with Roger ...