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  • Review: The Maps of First Bull Run by Bradley Gottfried

    Gottfried, Bradley M. The Maps of First Bull Run: An Atlas of the First Bull Run (Manassas) Campaign, including the Battle of Ball’s Bluff, June-October 1861. Savas Beatie LLC (June 10, 2009). 144 pages, 51 maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1932714609 $34.95 (Hardcover). What do you get when a publisher long known for its […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: March 3, 2006

    Air Date: 030306 Subject: James A. Morgan III: What Really Happened at Ball’s Bluff? Book: A Little Short of Boats: The Fights at Ball’s Bluff and Edwards Ferry Guest: James A. Morgan III . Summary: James A. Morgan III, author of A Little Short of Boats: The Fights at Ball’s Bluff and Edwards Ferry . […]

  • Review: Ball’s Bluff: A Small Battle and Its Long Shadow by Byron Farwell

    Books On Ball’s Bluff The following is a review and short summary of Ball’s Bluff: A Small Battle and Its Long Shadow (EPM, 1990), by Byron Farwell. Farwell’s book covers the October 21, 1861 Battle of Ball’s Bluff, a small fight between the Confederate Brigade of Nathan “Shanks” Evans and the Union forces under Senator […]