Tag Archives: Battle of First Manassas

19th Century Asymmetrical Warfare: Privateering, the Savannah, and the Enchantress Affair

Posted on May 29, 2020 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes back guest author Leon Reed. As early as his inaugural address, Confederate President Jefferson Davis warned the United States, and other shippers of the world, that he intended to authorize privateers, the traditional means of naval warfare engaged … Continue reading →

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The Marines at First Manassas

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Chris Kolakowski

The American Battlefield Trust Conference this year was to have featured a tour of mine about the Marine Battalion at the First Battle of Manassas. It has been postponed until 2021. In the meantime, I wanted to share some of … Continue reading →

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The U.S. Marines of 1861

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Chris Kolakowski

The American Battlefield Trust Conference this year was to have featured a tour of mine about the Marine Battalion at the First Battle of Manassas. It has been postponed until 2021. In the meantime, I wanted to share some of … Continue reading →

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Richmond Rising: African Americans and the Mobilization of the Confederate Capital

Posted on April 21, 2020 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes guest author Cameron Sauers The idealistic fervor of young soldier boys marching off to war is contagious even for modern readers who cannot help but find something gallant in April 1861. But lurking beneath the surface of romantic … Continue reading →

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Manassas: Moment of Truth

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Sarah Kay Bierle

The heat bore down oppressively. Not the soaring temperatures I’d known in California, but rather a choking, wet warmth that signaled I had come back to the land of war. That was one of the first things I noticed, stepping … Continue reading →

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Preservation News: The Stone Bridge Project at Manassas National Battlefield

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Emerging Civil War

Today is the anniversary of the First Battle of Bull Run, and it’s a great time to highlight some preservation work completed earlier this year on an important landmark on Manassas National Battlefield. The Stone Bridge spans the Bull Run … Continue reading →

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Fortress Washington, Part II

Posted on February 16, 2018 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Steve T. Phan to continue his discussion of Fortress Washington. You can find his first post here. In the late afternoon of July 21, 1861, Captain Barton S. Alexander, U.S. Army Engineers, described … Continue reading →

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Finding Evander McIvor Law

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Phill Greenwalt

My short odyssey to find a Confederate general’s grave in central Florida led me to learn something about my current state of residence and military history. This is part biography of Evandor McIvor Law and part travel-post. **************************************************** Born in … Continue reading →

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Hospitals Of First Manassas

Posted on July 13, 2017 by ECW Guest Post

Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Paige Gibbons-Backus One hundred and fifty-six years ago this July, Americans reached a deadly point in American history in Prince William County at the Battle of First Manassas (or Bull Run). … Continue reading →

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ECW Weekender: Ben Lomond Historic Site

Posted on May 5, 2017 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author Paige Gibbons Backus A mile away from the Manassas National Battlefield, hidden amongst suburbia and shopping centers, stands Ben Lomond Historic Site, a pre-war Virginia plantation house managed by Prince William County’s Historic Preservation Division. … Continue reading →

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