History 210 Library Activities: Bull Run/Manassas

Where is Bull Run/Manassas and why can't we make up our minds about what to call the battlefield? Get the basics on this important early battle here.

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Battle at Bull Run: A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War - E472.18 .D39 1981

First Manassas - E 472.18 F49 1997

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Score one for the South! On the other hand, this also looks to be a very long, drawn out struggle coming up. Was Davis steeling himself for the long haul or did he think the Union would cave quickly?

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Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour - E467.1.D26 D32 1991

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The Media was already a big thing in 1861 and with the telegraph, readers could get news from the field the day it happened. How did the press portray the battle? Were they accurate, or did they err on the side of drama at the expense of facts? What effect did this have on both sides of the war?

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Covering America: A Narrative History of a Nation's Journalism - PN 4855 D36 2012 (Chapter on Slavery and Civil War coverage)

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And you thought starting your new job was stressful? What did Lincoln think about the outcome of the battle and did he have any notions about how it might go before it started?

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Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief - E 457.2 M478 2008

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For the North, it sure wasn't a walkover. For the South, it was a win, but not the end. What now for both sides?

Print Sources:

The American Civil War: A Military History - E 470 K255 2009

The Grand Design: Strategy and the U.S. Civil War -  E 470 S87 2010

Lee's Lieutenants - E 470.2 F7 v.1 (NOTE - First volume would contain information on 1st Bull Run/Manassas)

The Civil War: The First Year Told by Those Who Lived It - E 464 S56 2011

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