campaign of 1861. Bull Run—or Manassas, as Southerners call it, preferring to name Civil War battles for towns instead of watercourses—was a fierce battle, but not huge compared with those to ...

See more › To place the Battle of Second Bull Run (also called the Battle of Second Manassas) in context, I reached out to Gary Gallagher, emeritus director of the University of Virginia’s John L. Nau ...

But by historical standards, the length and strength of this bull run isn't that spectacular. Some folks have been tweeting this awesome chart from Morningstar's Jerry Kerns. The blue illustrates ...

The first major battle of the Civil War occurred on July 21, 1861, near Bull Run and the important railroad junction at ...