Library of Congress Nobody realized that the battle fought at Bull Run on July 21, 1861, was going to be remembered as the first gory conflict in a long and bloody war. Bull Run, the first land ...

Scores of high-spirited civilians carried picnic baskets and champagne to the battlefield to watch what would turn out to be the first major ... called “the Battle of Bull Run.” ...

MCDOWELL's report of the battle at Bull Run adds nothing to what is already ... the reserves and assign them to proper positions. The first were met two miles back, covered with dust, and coming ...

Civil War re-enactors perform a living history reenactment of the First Battle of Bull Run, Saturday, July 23, 2011, in Manassas, Va. Thousands of re-enactors have braved scorching heat to mark ...

It originally appeared in the Bennington Banner. (Also hear VPR’s podcast on Vermonters’ role in the First Battle of Bull Run.) A few weeks back I heard a Vermont Public Radio commentary ...