http://www.historynet.com/war-watchers-at-bull-run-during-americas-civil-war.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=war-watchers-at-bull-run-during-americas-civil-war From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:36:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.historynet.com/war-watchers-at-bull-run-during-americas-civil-war.htm#comment-656306 The Battle of First Bull Run « Slip Into Something Victorian Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:05:36 +0000 #comment-656306 [...] The most interesting facts of this battle were told from the civilian point of view. It seems the 19th century town of Centreville, near where the battle was fought, was known as “hardly a place to inspire awe”. In July of 1861, one man wrote, “It looks for all the world as though it had done its business, whatever it was, fully eighty years ago, and since then had bolted its doors, put out its fires, and gone to sleep.”  http://www.historynet.com/war-watchers-at-bull-run-during-americas-civil-war.htm [...] [...] The most interesting facts of this battle were told from the civilian point of view. It seems the 19th century town of Centreville, near where the battle was fought, was known as “hardly a place to inspire awe”. In July of 1861, one man wrote, “It looks for all the world as though it had done its business, whatever it was, fully eighty years ago, and since then had bolted its doors, put out its fires, and gone to sleep.”  http://www.historynet.com/war-watchers-at-bull-run-during-americas-civil-war.htm [...]

]]> http://www.historynet.com/war-watchers-at-bull-run-during-americas-civil-war.htm#comment-655188 The Battle of Bull Run | RVANews - Richmond News, Local Sports, Entertainment & Richmond Virginia Events Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:02:54 +0000 #comment-655188 [...] many D.C. residents rode out in carriages to see the battle for themselves. The Civil War Times described the scene on the morning of the battle: Washington rumbled with an excitement rarely matched in the capital’s history. For months, [...] [...] many D.C. residents rode out in carriages to see the battle for themselves. The Civil War Times described the scene on the morning of the battle: Washington rumbled with an excitement rarely matched in the capital's history. For months, [...]

]]> http://www.historynet.com/war-watchers-at-bull-run-during-americas-civil-war.htm#comment-278861 The Battle of Kawanakajima, Part 2 « The Lobster Dance Tue, 18 May 2010 13:23:31 +0000 #comment-278861 [...] parasols, floppy hats, and bottles of Pocari Sweat seemed like some bizarre modern take on the First Battle of Bull Run, and, had we been stationed closer to the spectators who sat on our side of the river, I might have [...] [...] parasols, floppy hats, and bottles of Pocari Sweat seemed like some bizarre modern take on the First Battle of Bull Run, and, had we been stationed closer to the spectators who sat on our side of the river, I might have [...]

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