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

from sgtbigg

An outstanding account of the American Civil War's first major battle. I could find little wrong with this book. The maps are well done and while I would have liked one or two more, the book does not suffer for their lack. Recommended.

from charbonn

The First Battle of Manassas is a brief (209 page) but well-written book that ascribes Union defeat to the fact that Irvin McDowell, the Union commander, "did not know what victory would look like on July 21, 1861, and neither did most men on the field...." The time between noon and 2 pm, when No...

from charbonn

The First Battle of Manassas is a brief (209 page) but well-written book that ascribes Union defeat to the fact that Irvin McDowell, the Union commander, "did not know what victory would look like on July 21, 1861, and neither did most men on the field...." The time between noon and 2 pm, when No...