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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970343303321

Autore

Gottfried Bradley M

Titolo

The maps of First Bull Run : an atlas of the First Bull Run (Manassas) Campaign, including the Battle of Ball's Bluff, June-October 1861 / / Bradley M. Gottfried

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Savas Beatie, c2009

ISBN

9781611210415

1611210410

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Disciplina

973.731

Soggetti

Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861

Ball's Bluff, Battle of, Va., 1861

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Maps of First Bull Run/Manassas -- Preliminary movements -- Skirmish at Blackburn's Ford (July 18) -- Bull Run preliminaries -- Matthews Hill Fight -- Henry Hill Fight -- Chinn Ridge -- Blackburn's Ford -- The federal retreat -- pt. 2. August-September 1861 -- pt. 3. Ball's Bluff.

Sommario/riassunto

Bradley M. Gottfried’s The Maps of First Bull Run: An Atlas of the First Bull Run (Manassas) Campaign, including the Battle of Ball’s Bluff, June - October 1861 is the eagerly awaited companion volume to his bestselling The Maps of Gettysburg (2007, two editions, four printings), part of the ongoing Savas Beatie Atlas Series.The Maps of First Bull Run breaks down the entire operation (and related actions) into numerous map sets or “action-sections” enriched with more than fifty full-color original full-page maps. These cartographic originals bore down to the regimental and battery level and include the march to and from the battlefield and virtually every significant event in between. At least two—and as many as seventeen—maps accompany each “action-section.” Keyed to each piece of cartography is a full facing page of detailed text describing the units, personalities, movements, and combat (including quotes from eyewitnesses) depicted on the accompanying map, all of which make the story of First Bull Run come



alive.This original presentation makes it easy for readers to quickly locate a map and text on virtually any portion of the campaign. Readers will maneuver with Confederate and Union armies in the Shenandoah Valley, march with General McDowell’s Federals to the plains of Manassas, and fight blow-by-blow through the battle up to its stunning climax on Henry House Hill and the final retreat from the battlefield all the way to Washington. The smaller but important Battle of Ball’s Bluff is also covered in the same fashion, as is the skirmish at Lewinsville. Serious students will appreciate the extensive and authoritative endnotes, bibliography, and complete orders of battle. They will also want to bring the book along on their trips to the battlefields.Perfect for the easy chair or for walking hallowed ground, The Maps of First Bull Run is a seminal work that, like his earlier Gettysburg study, belongs on the bookshelf of every serious and casual student of the Civil War.About the Author: Bradley M. Gottfried, Ph.D., is the President of the College of Southern Maryland. An avid Civil War historian, Dr. Gottfried is the author of five books, including Brigades of Gettysburg: The Union and Confederate Brigades at the Battle of Gettysburg (2002) and The Maps of Gettysburg (2007). He is currently working with co-editor Theodore P. Savas on a Gettysburg Campaign encyclopedia.