The First Battle of Manassas: An End to Innocence, July 18-21, 1861
Book Details
Author(s)Hennessy, John J.
PublisherStackpole Books
ISBN / ASIN0811715914
ISBN-139780811715911
AvailabilityIn Stock.
Sales Rank239,502
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Unmatched in its description of the battle's tactics and actual fighting.--Ethan Rafuse, author of McClellan's WarCombines narrative, analysis, and interpretation into a clear, easy-to-follow account of the battle's unfolding Features commanders who would later become legendary, such as William T. Sherman and Thomas J. Jackson, who earned his "Stonewall" nickname at First Manassas
On July 21, 1861, near a Virginia railroad junction twenty-five miles from Washington, DC, the Union and Confederate armies clashed in the first major battle of the Civil War. This revised edition of Hennessy's classic is the premier tactical account of First Manassas/Bull Run.
