The New York Times

The First Battle of Manassas; Strategic Movements of the Conflicting Troops -- How the Fight Was Won -- Origin of the "Stars and Bars" and the "Rebel Yell."

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The Washington Post

140 Years Later, Reenactors, Old Diaries Keep Memory of First Manassas Alive

Today marks your last chance to see an enactment of the First Battle of Manassas on this 140th anniversary of the first major engagement of the War Between the States. Advertised as "the largest Civil ...
The Herald-Dispatch

Ceremonies mark 150th anniversary of Manassas battle

MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — It was Manassas where the greatest army ever assembled in North America first gave battle 150 years ago. It was Manassas where a Confederate colonel earned one of the most ...
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Manassas National Battlefield Park - Virginia

Manassas National Battlefield Park The first major battle of the Civil War occurred on July 21, 1861, near Bull Run and the important railroad junction at Manassas. It is hard to believe but some ...
Miami Herald

Haunting forensic tests reveal home near Virginia battlefield is stained with blood

The building went back to being a home after the Battle of First Manassas, so historians started looking for places the family may not have cleaned away blood, like the spaces between floor boards.