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    The First Battle of Manassas: An End to Innocence, July 18-21, 1861

    by John J. Hennessy

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    • ISBN-13: 9780811715911
    • Publisher: Stackpole Books
    • Publication date: 12/15/2015
    • Pages: 224
    • Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

    John J. Hennessy is one of the leading Civil War battle historians of his generation and author of the definitive book on the Battle of Second Manassas, Return to Bull Run (978-0-8061-3187-0). He previously served as a ranger at the Manassas battlefield and is currently chief historian at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. He lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

    Table of Contents

    Introduction to the Original Edition v

    Chapter 1 The Certainty of Triumph 1

    Chapter 2 First Blood 13

    Chapter 3 Planning a "Waterloo" 27

    Chapter 4 "You Are Turned" 41

    Chapter 5 Matthews Hill 55

    Chapter 6 Chasing Victory 71

    Chapter 7 To Henry Hill 85

    Chapter 8 Maelstrom 103

    Chapter 9 Denouement 119

    Chapter 10 The War Watchers' Surprise 129

    Chapter 11 Wreckage 145

    Chapter 12 Tallying Failure and Virtue 153

    Chapter 13 Awakening 159

    Union Order of Battle at First Manassas: July 21, 1861 167

    Confederate Order of Battle at Fust Manassas: July 21. 1861 170

    Notes 173

    Bibliography 195

    Acknowledgments 203

    Index 205

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    Unmatched in its description of the battle's tactics and actual fighting.--Ethan Rafuse, author of McClellan's WarOn 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.• Combines 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

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