Donnybrook: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861

In April 1861, Confederate artillery blasted Fort Sumter into surrender. Within weeks, the Confederacy had established its capital at Richmond. On May 24, Lincoln ordered troops across the Potomac into Virginia, only a few miles from the Confederate military base near the hamlet of Manassas. A great battle was inevitable; whether this would end the war, as many expected, was the only question. On July 21, near a stream called Bull Run, the two forces fought from early morning until after dark in the first great battle of the Civil War. America would never be quite the same.

Donnybrook is the first major history of Bull Run to detail the battle from its origins through its aftermath. Using copious and remarkably detailed primary source mate-rial-including the recollections of hundreds of average soldiers-David Detzer has created an epic account of a defining moment in American history. This new paperback edition includes additional maps.

• Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War
• Dissonance: The Turbulent Days Between Fort Sumter and Bull Run
• The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861 (Campaigns and Commanders Series)
• George B. Mcclellan: The Young Napoleon
• Battle at Bull Run: A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War
• To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign
• The First Battle of Manassas: An End to Innocence, July 18-21, 1861
• No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River (Civil War Trilogy)
• The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga (Civil War Trilogy)
• Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas