The First Battle of Manassas claimed the lives of approximately 878 soldiers and wounded another 2,489. With a battlefield stretching nearly five miles, 15,000 Union and 14,000 Confederate soldiers clashed for four fateful days, many of them young and terrified and receiving their first taste of a long and bitter war. Their courage, military skill, and brute strength were tested, leading some brigades and many individuals to receive reputations that followed them into history. Now, for the first time, this extraordinary work brings the Battle of Bull Run to life by featuring over two hundred photographs of the individual soldiers and forty-five highly detailed maps. Written by a noted military historian, it provides all the necessary background information to understand the minutiae of the military action, yet it also personalizes the horrors of those few destructive days. Through poignant, often disturbing, excerpts from diaries and letters, this book offers readers a rare glimpse at the tragedy of war. Moreover, it portrays with realism and compassion the significance of the first battle of the bloodiest war in American history.

"We Shall Meet Again": The First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run), July 18-21, 1861

History

McDonald, JoAnna M.

Americas

Oxford University Press

The World Will Long Remember: A Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg

White Mane Pub

The First Battle of Manassas (also known as Bull Run) signified the beginning of the bloodiest war in America's history. About 878 Union and Confederate soldiers were killed, and another 2,489 were wounded. This account of the battle is the first to include 45 b&w maps and some 200 b&w photos of individual soldiers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

We Shall Meet Again: The First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) July 18-21, 1861

We're Going in There...: A Guide to the Battles for Little Round Top-Valley of Death-Devil's Den (The Walk in Time Series)

Burd Street Pr

Softcover book from 1970 compiled and edited by JoAnna McDonald. When the call to arms went out in 1861, hundreds of Irishmen lined up at the recruiting stations. Although there has never been a complete study of the actual number of Irish who fought in the Civil war, it is likely that thousands served in both the Confederate and Union armies, with great names such as O'Rourke, Corcoran, Meager, McIntosh, McGavock, and many more. Here is a selection of faces of some 200 Irishman from the great conflict, with their enlistment dates and the units with which they served.

The Faces of Irish Civil War Soldiers

UNKNO

80 b/w photographs 8 x 10 
In one of the remarkable stories of D-Day, the task of liberating a small but significant German stronghold-Pointe du Hoc-fell to 225 brave souls from the 2nd Ranger Battalion. Led by Lt. Col. James Rudder, the men scaled the 100 foot cliff and fought their way into history. 
Volunteers for "the most dangerous mission of that day", they were asked to overcome natural barriers, destroy six huge 155mm guns, cut German communications, set up roadblocks, and hinder enemy reinforcements from reaching the beach areas. The suppression of the guns would literally make a life or death difference to the U.S. troops landing on Omaha and Utah Beaches. After two days of fighting, only 90 of the battalion were left to tell their story.

The Liberation of Pointe Du Hoc: The 2d Rangers at Normandy, June 6-8, 1944

Military

Rank & File Pub

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