These confrontations were defined by extreme loss of life, destructive strategies, and profound courage. By taking a look at these clashes, we gain a clearer understanding of how the war played out.

(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 ...

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 ...

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

The Confederate victory in northern Virginia triggered the somber realization on both sides that war could possibly drag on far longer and be far more bloody than imagined. Shock fell on the North at ...