TW0 AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ERA BOSTON NEWSPAPERS
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Two Boston newspapers reporting on the first major full scale battle of the Civil War July 21,1861. 1) Boston Daily Courier, Thursday August 8, 1861. The War..the Battle of Bull Run as described by a Southern witness. The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of First Manassas, was the first major battle of the American Civil War. The battle was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, just north of the cityof Manassas and about 30 miles west-southwest of Washington, D.C. The fierce fight forced both North and South to the sobering reality that the war would be long and bloody. 2) Boston Daily Courier, August 10, 1861. TheBull Run Battle, General Mc Dowell's Official Report of the Engagement, a lengthy and detailed account of the battle. A wave of despair rolled over the North with news of the battle’s outcome, and morale in the army sank to new depths.Despite heavy Confederate casualties (9,000), the Battle of Second Bull Run (known as Second Manassas in the South) was a decisive victory for the rebels, as Lee had managed a strategic offensive against an enemy force (Pope and
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TW0 AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ERA BOSTON NEWSPAPERS
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