It was on July 21, 1861 that the first major land battle of the Civil War, Union forces under General Irvin McDowell , are routed by General Pierre G.T. Beauregard and the Confederate army. This land battles is know as The Battle of Bull Run.
The Yocum Library Collection has a book featuring the Battle of Bull Run.
Battle at Bull Run : a history of the first major campaign of the Civil War .
by Davis, William C., 1946-
General Collection E472.18 .D39 1995
Also, in The Yocum Library Collection is;
The Civil War / Gerald Simmons, editor.
Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, 1983-1987.
Subjects
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Description:
28 v. : ill., maps, ports. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Contents:
v. 2. First blood: Fort Sumpter to Bull Run --
