Report: Bull Run. Ball's Bluff
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
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Published: 1863
Total Pages: 518
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Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
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Published: 1863
Total Pages: 518
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James A. Morgan (III.)
Publisher: Ironclad Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 332
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo the victorious Confederates, it was the Battle of Leesburg. The badly beaten Federals named it for the imposing fortress-like rocky precipice on the northern side of the Potomac near Washington DC - Ball's Bluff. Fought three months to the day after First Manassas (Bull Run) and another in a long line of Federal defeats during the first year of the war - the battle was, as author James Morgan puts it, "a reconnaissance mission gone bad." Federal commander Gen. Charles P. Stone had planned a raid on a suspected Rebel camp, precipitating a skirmish between elements of his troops and those of Confederate Gen. Nathan "Shanks" Evans. As a series of skirmishes developed into a full-scale brawl involving some 1700 soldiers on each side, careless and costly decisions by one of Stone's commanders, Col. Edward D. Baker, led to Baker's death and a catastrophic finish, as hundreds of Union soldiers fell or threw themselves off the cliff. In the ensuing political uproar in the North, Stone became the convenient Federal scapegoat and his career was destroyed. A charter member of the volunteer Ball's Bluff guide group, Morgan, a former Marine, began to realize that the conventional battle narrative he and others were telling to visitors "just did not feel right." Further reading and more intensive study of the battlefield led him to delve deeply into primary materials to correct misconceptions and find the factual interpretation of events of this little and relatively unstudied battlefield. With the requisite keen understanding of the battlefield's terrain, Morgan has woven together a site-driven narrative in graceful style that is appropriately highlighted with participant's quotes. Featuring previously unused primary manuscript sources and a variety of first-hand accounts, this second volume in Ironclad's landmark Discovering Civil War America Series is highlighted by fine maps and numerous contemporary illustrations. A signature element of the series is the driving/walking tour of the sites, including the Ball's Bluff National Cemetery. This book is a must for all Civil War buffs, especially those interested in early clashes of the war and lesser-known battlefields.
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
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Published: 1863
Total Pages: 702
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: J. Cutler Andrews
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
Published: 2011-12-09
Total Pages: 849
ISBN-13: 0822974304
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAndrews presents the drama of the Civil War as seen through the eyes of reporters’ own diaries, dispatches, and printed news stories.
Author: Pennsylvania
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Published: 1866
Total Pages: 856
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Published: 1866
Total Pages: 838
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Pennsylvania
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Published: 1866
Total Pages: 840
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. Senate
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Published: 1863
Total Pages: 534
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Pennsylvania
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Published: 1866
Total Pages: 888
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: S. C. Gwynne
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 704
ISBN-13: 1451673299
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn account of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's rise to prominence during the Civil War.