Civil War re-enactors perform a living history reenactment of the First Battle of Bull Run, Saturday, July 23, 2011, in Manassas, Va. Thousands of re-enactors have braved scorching heat to mark ...

The location of the battle of the day was in the vicinity of Haymarket, and from Haymarket off in the direction of Sudley Church, or, in other words, but a few miles northwest of the scene of the ...

REBEL ACCOUNTS OF THE BATTLE OF BULL'S RUN. Share full article. July 27, 1861. ... L.M. BRUBN has been arrested at Manassas as a spy, with Federal passes on his body. Share full article.

The First Battle of Bull’s Run (also known as First Manassas) was the first major land battle of the Civil War. On July 21, 1861, the Union army, commanded by General Irvin McDowell engaged the forces ...

MANASSAS -- Loading and firing a musket is a nine-step process. "Disciplined troops would be able to load and fire one every 15 or 20 seconds," said John Reid, a National Park Service employee who ...

In 1862, Liberia House was at the center of the Battle of Bull Run Bridge. Weir sold the property to Alexandria brewer Robert Portner in 1888, and it became used for dairy business.

Known as the Second Battle of Bull Run, or the Battle of Second Manassas, it resulted in around 22,000 casualties. Once again, the Confederates emerged victorious.

The Civil War was getting off to a bad start for the Union. On July 21, 1861, Union and Confederate armies met in their first major clash, called the Battle of the Bull Run by the North, and the ...