There Will Never Be Another Battle The Battle of First Manassas, July 21, 1861

Conflict between the United States and Confederate States was in its infancy when civilians-turned-soldiers converged on Manassas Junction 25 miles west of Washington, DC, in July 1861. Neither side was mentally nor physically prepared for the bloodletting along Bull Run.
After nearly 12 hours on Sunday, July 21, 1861, the perception of one war-winning battle was shattered. The Civil War's first major battle left 900 men dead and another 2,600 wounded. When Americans, North and South, awoke on July 22, they had just passed through the bloodiest day in the young nation's history.
The death and debris of battle stopped one Georgia soldier in his tracks. "Surely, surely, there will never be another battle," he thought to himself. Rather than the Battle of First Manassas, or Bull Run, settling decades of disagreement between North and South, it spawned four long, bloody years of war--the deadliest in American history.
Explore the first substantial campaign and battle of the Civil War with historians Robert Orrison and Kevin Pawlak. There Will Never Be Another Battle: The Battle of First Manassas, July 21, 1861 serves as a resource and guide to deciphering the myths, misconceptions, stories, and places that the battle on July 21, 1861, produced.