Battle at Bull Run

The first major history ever written on the first battle of the Civil War, this narrative describes the chaotic fighting by courageous amateurs that nearly resulted in Confederate independence. Read Battle at Bull Run – kino-fada.fr This new and revised edition of Battle at Bull Run A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War first published in 1977 offers the reader a splendid narrative of the first major battle of the American Civil War On the 21st of July 1861, 60,000 American soldiers from the North and South met along the banks of Bull Run In the fighting that followed the Union forces lost 2,900 out of the 20,000 men engaged while the Confederates lost 2,000 out of about 17,000 engaged.The first half o This new and revised edition of Battle at Bull Run A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War first published in 1977 offers the reader a splendid narrative of the first major battle of the American Civil War...As a longtime historian of the Civil War, William C Davis has written extensively about the conflict This is one of his earliest works, a study of the campaign fought in northeastern Virginia in the summer of 1861 Davis s skills as a writer are on full display, as he provides an entertaining narrative that details the events of the battle as best he can The book suffers, though, from a paucity of maps those provided are only for the battle itself, and these are of inferior quality This is As a longtime historian of the Civil War, William C Davis has written extensively about the conflict This is one of his earliest works, a study of the camp...This is a pretty good account of the Civil War s first major battle, but somehow Davis presentation of it didn t really pop for me.I ve long had a pretty good idea of how the first battle of Bull Run unfolded now, having read this, I have an even better idea Especially good for me was learning of General Patterson s errors in the Shenandoah Valley, the engagement at Blackburn s Ford, exactly how the tide turned in favor of the Rebs on Henry House Hill, and the cannon shot that turned retreat into a rout at the bridge over Cub Run, all in less than three hundred pages The maps weren t so good rendered in small print, the I ve long had a pretty good idea of how the first battle of Bull Run unfolded now, having read this, I have an even better idea Especially good for me was learning of General Patterson s errors in the Shenandoah Valley, the eng...In reading William Davis s Battle at Bull Run, I was shocked at times at how unfamiliar so many of the names were to me I have been immersing myself in the history of the Civil War, yet I had never heard of some of the key characters in the opening drama The Battle of Bull Run was the largest fight on the American continent up to that point, yet it would soon be dwarfed by battles like Shiloh, Antietam, and Gettysburg It was highly instructive to go back to the very first big battle to see In reading William Davis s Battle at Bull Run, I was shocked at times at how unfamiliar so many of the ...This is my second book by William C Davis I cam acorss William Davis from watching the Civil War Journal on the history channel He has the ability to put historical facts into a narrative that is informative and yet interesting even knowing the outcome I did find that the maps could have been better but the flow of the battle was sill easy to follow His history of the Alamo, Three Roads to the Alamo tells a wonderful story of the men Bowie, Travis, ...Obviously a well researched book, and technically well written But man, this was so hard to read Davis does an excellent job describing the campaign of the Battle of Bull Run, and really helps the reader understand why the two armies clashed where they did But he introduces too much too fast, each paragraph describing another regiment or minor colonel so rapidly that it became hard to follow The battle itself isn t narrated quite as well as the campaign, which is a s...Very surprising that this was so good One of the older books I found at McMurtry s bookstore in Archer City Liked how Davis told such detailed and well thought out account of battle, yet still showed the characters with life in them ...This is a nice overview of the campaign, and decent overview of the battle Mr Davis seriously does not like PGT Beauregard, though, and this colors some of his analysis, so it s best to keep that in mind as you read Battle at Bull Run Also, there are occasional, minor inaccuracies that don t affe...detailed, 297 pages describing the events leading up to and then 1st major battle of the civil war Anequedotes and actual battle dialog noted Famous Stonewall description by Bee, who died in the battle This was a harder book to read.

• English
• 16 September 2017
William C. Davis
• Paperback
• 328 pages
• 0807108677
• William C. Davis
• Battle at Bull Run