The first battle of the Civil War brought curious onlookers to Manassas, and they witnessed a surprising outcome.

The armies of the North and South, each confident of easy victory, clashed 150 years in the first major land battle.

Bull Run recreates the first major battle of the American Civil War between the Union and Confederate armies. Take command of an Union army of Northeast Virginia or the Confederate army of Potomac ...

An interview with historian David Detzer sheds light on the Battle of Bull Run, the first battle of the US Civil War, fought on July 21, 1861.

Civil War re-enactors perform a living history reenactment of the First Battle of Bull Run, Saturday, July 23, 2011, in Manassas, Va. Thousands of re-enactors have braved scorching heat to mark ...

Long before we did this at football games, it was done on the battlefield during the American Civil War - and it goes back ...

The Civil War’s First Civilian Casualty Was an Elderly Widow From Virginia Union gunfire killed 85-year-old Judith Carter Henry on July 21, 1861—the day of the First Battle of Bull Run ...

Of Friday's battle, which was fought on the identical battle-field of Bull Run, he reports: "We fought a terrific battle with the combined forces of the enemy, which lasted with continuous fury ...

Of the Battle of Bull Run on July 21, Summers wrote: "The first we knew of the way events were going on the afternoon of the 21st was when Col. Platt and Col. Fisher sent saddle horses for their ...

Some 170,000 men fought at Cold Harbor, while Fredericksburg engaged about 200,000 forces, making it the largest battle of the Civil War. (These were the greatest battles in American history.) ...