Civil War Battle of Bull Run and the Manassas Campaign

Battle of Bull Run: The Manassas Campaign

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Manassas and Bull Run Campaigns
Battles of First and Second Manassas
(A.K.A. Battles of 1st and 2nd Bull Run)

Battle of First Manassas, aka Battle of First Bull Run

Battle of First Manassas - First Bull Run: Overview and Historical Marker

Battle of First Manassas: Picnic Baskets and Bullets

Battle of First Bull Run: Detailed

First Bull Run - First Manassas Campaign: Descriptive

CHRONOLOGY OF THE BATTLE OF 1ST BULL RUN

Battle of First Bull Run: Summary, Results, and Aftermath

Battle of First Bull Run: Union and Confederate Battlefield Positions

Battle of Manassas: Map of Northern Virginia (1860s)

UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMY ORGANIZATIONS AT BATTLE OF FIRST BULL RUN

Battle of First Manassas: Brigade Casualties

CASUALTIES AT THE BATTLE OF FIRST BULL RUN: KILLED, WOUNDED, AND MISSING

Battle of First Manassas: Confederate Order of Battle

Battle of First Manassas: Union Order of Battle

GENERAL McDOWELL'S ADVANCE TO BULL RUN: UNION GENERAL JAMES FRY

J.E.B. Stuart at the Battle of First Manassas

The First Battle of Bull Run: General P. G. Beauregard

General Irvin McDowell's Official Report for the Battle of First Bull Run

General Thomas J. Jackson's Official Report for the Battle of First Manassas

General Joseph E. Johnston's Official Report for the Battle of First Manassas

General G. T. Beauregard's Official Report for the Battle of First Manassas

Colonel JEB Stuart's Official Report for the Battle of First Manassas

General Richard S. Ewell's Official Report for the Battle of First Bull Run

General David R. Jones's Official Report for the Battle of First Bull Run

General James Longstreet's Official Report for the Battle of First Manassas

General Daniel Tyler's Official Report for the Battle of First Manassas

General Robert C. Schenck's Official Report for the Battle of First Bull Run

General M. L. Bonham's Official Report for the Battle of First Manassas

General Nathan G. Evans' Official Report for the Battle of First Manassas

Colonel JEB Stuart's Official Report for the Battle of First Manassas

Colonel William T. Sherman's Official Report for the Battle of First Manassas

Colonel Jubal A. Early's Official Report for the Battle of First Manassas

Colonel E. D. Keyes' Official Report for the Battle of First Manassas

Colonel Israel B. Richardson's Official Report for the Battle of First Manassas

Colonel Andrew Porter's Official Report for the Battle of First Bull Run

Colonel Ambrose E. Burnside's Official Report for the Battle of First Bull Run

Colonel Samuel P. Heintzelman's Official Report for the Battle of First Manassas

Colonel Louis Blenker's Official Report for the Battle of First Manassas
 

Battle of Second Bull Run, aka Battle of Second Manassas
 

Battle of Bull Run (August 28-30, 1862): Civil War Virginia

Battle of Second Manassas
The Battle of Second Manassas
Battle of Bull Run: Virginia and the Civil War: The Union Army
Battle of Second Manassas: Overview
Battle of Second Manassas: Chronology
Battle of Second Manassas: Union Order of Battle
Battle of Second Manassas: Confederate Order of Battle
Battle of Second Manassas: Organization of Union and Confederate Armies
Battle of Second Manassas: Casualties

Battle of Manassas: Map of Northern Virginia (1860s)

Torpedo Alley

Torpedo Alley

During the Civil War, the Monitor and Merrimack (Virginia) slugged it out in this region. In World Wars I and II, German U-boats hunted and destroyed ships off the Outer Banks. This was "Torpedo Alley," where Germans enjoyed their "Great American Turkey Shoot." From January through July 1942, German U-boats sank 397 ships filled with food, supplies, and oil in U.S. Atlantic waters and killed 5,000 people--a majority of whom were civilians and merchant marines. The U.S. concentrated initial naval efforts in the Pacific. Only one ship was sent to patrol the United States' southeast coast. To protect American lives and vital supplies bound for England, Churchill sent a flotilla of anti-submarine craft to patrol Atlantic shipping lanes. One particular ship, the H.M.T. Bedfordshire*, was torpedoed by a U-boat 40 miles off Cape Lookout on May 11, 1942. All hands were lost. The bodies of four sailors washed ashore on Ocracoke. Donating their services and land for this British Cemetery, the people of Ocracoke took care of the dead. This plot of land has been forever ceded to England and is maintained by the Ocracoke Coast Guard. A ceremony honoring these men, with representatives of the British Royal Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard, is held at the location each year in May.