Download The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861 (Campaigns and Commanders Series) AudioBook Free
When Union and Confederate makes squared off along Bull Run on July 21, 1861, the Federals expected this first major armed service marketing campaign would bring an early on end to the Civil War. However when Confederate troops launched a strong counterattack, both factors realized the war would be longer and costlier than predicted. First Bull Run, or First Manassas, placed the stage for four many years of bloody issue that forever modified the political, public, and economic textile of the nation. It also presented the commanders, practices, and weaponry that would specify the American way of war through the change of the twentieth hundred years. This crucial marketing campaign receives its most satisfactory and comprehensive treatment in Edward G. Longacre's The MORNING HOURS of War. A magisterial work by a experienced historian, The MORNING HOURS of War blends narrative and research to convey the entire range of the marketing campaign of First Bull Run-its theatre and suspense as well as its practical and tactical underpinnings and ramifications. Also woven throughout are biographical sketches detailing the backgrounds and personalities of the primary commanders and other actors in the unfolding issue. Longacre has combed previously unpublished primary options, including correspondence, diaries, and memoirs greater than four hundred members and observers, from position commanders to common soldiers and civilians affected by the fighting. The e book is shared by School of Oklahoma Press. "Edward Longacre has applied his considerable skills as a biographer to a vivid little bit of American history, injecting humanity and fresh insight to the story of the Civil War's first major fight." (John Hennessy, author of Return to Bull Run) "Extensively researched and packed with fresh insights and information... offers an amazingly detailed, highly readable account..." (Ethan S. Rafuse, author of McClellan's War)
