Battle of Ball's Bluff
By: by Ted Ballard.
Contributors: Center of Military History.
Series: Staff ride guide
Publisher: Center of Military History, United States Army
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 74
Subjects: Ball's Bluff, Battle of, Va., 1861.
Description: An account of the small raid on a suspected Confederate camp near Leesburg, Virginia, on 20 October 1861, which turned into a Union military disaster. The author relied principally on contemporary after-action reports and on the sworn testimony of participants called before the congressional Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War investigating the Union defeats at First Bull Run and Ball's Bluff. Although not in a class with Antietam and Gettysburg or other great Civil War clashes with respect to size or consequences, the Battle of Ball's Bluff nevertheless provides important lessons in small-unit actions, leadership, tactical planning, and the role of courage and military professionalism under fire.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 40).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Ball's Bluff: An Overview3; title: Prelude to Battle3; title: The Battle9; title: Summary37; title: Further Readings40; title: Chronology41; title: Order of Battle, October 186150; title: Casualties52; title: Organization54; title: Tactics56; title: Small Arms57; title: Artillery59; title: Artillery Projectiles61; title: Logistics63; title: Bureau System63; title: Supply Operations64; title: Selected Biographical Sketches67; title: Union Officers67; title: Confederate Officers72.