Title: A single grand victory : the First Campaign and Battle of Manassas /
Authors: Rafuse, Ethan Sepp, 1968-
Publisher: SR Books,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861.
Abstract: "The Civil War was the crisis of the republic's first century - the test, in Abraham Lincoln's words, of whether any free government could long endure. It touched with fire the hearts of a generation, and its story has fired the imaginations of every generation since. This series offers to students of the Civil War, either those continuing or those just beginning their exciting journey into the past, concise overviews of important persons, events, and themes in that remarkable period of America's history."--Jacket.
Contents: A short war expected -- "An immensely powerful idea" -- Lions aroused -- Anaconda or action? -- The campaign -- The Generals prepare -- The Union on the march -- The march on Centreville -- Blackburn's Ford -- The battle -- "The plan of the intended battle . . . was a good one" -- Devils mingle on Matthews Hill -- A stone wall established -- Cut down on Henry Hill -- "Cross the brow of the hill and drive the enemy" -- "Hail, Elzey!" -- Retreat.