WDBJ

This Day in History: Civil War’s First Battle of Bull Run

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1861, Union and Confederate troops clashed outside of Manassas, Virginia in the first major engagement of the Civil War. It began when Union General Irvin McDowell hoped to ...
insider.si.edu

A comprehensive sketch of the Battle of Manassas, or Second Battle of Bull Run : giving a brief account of one of the most important engagements of the late Civil War : illustrated

Includes also description of the Panorama of the Battle of Bull Run by Theophile Poilpot.
The Washington Post

Leading the Way, Briskly, Into Civil War History

Ed Bearss is an unlikely cult figure, a nearly 80-year-old man who shuns attention and compliments. He is a tour guide whose mission is to explain the Civil War and impart his encyclopedic knowledge ...