Check out Brian Downey’s recap of a recent outing in which participants forded the Potomac in commemoration of the Battle of Shepherdstown. Good stuff, and thanks, Brian!
Bull Runnings
A Journal of the Digitization of a Civil War Battle
Harry SmeltzerDulce bellum inexpertis
“I am sending you these little incidents as I hear them well authenticated. They form, to the friends of the parties, part of the history of the glorious 21st. More anon.”
About
Hello! I’m Harry Smeltzer and welcome to Bull Runnings, where you'll find my digital history project on the First Battle of Bull Run which is organized under the Bull Run Resources section. I'll also post my thoughts on the processes behind the project and commentary on the campaign, but pretty much all things Civil War are fair game. You'll only find musings on my “real job” or my personal life when they relate to this project. My mother always told me "never discuss politics or religion in mixed company”, and that's sound advice where current events are concerned.
The Project
This site is more than a blog. Bull Runnings also hosts digitized material pertaining to First Bull Run. In the Bull Run Resources link in the masthead and also listed below are links to Orders of Battle, After Action Reports, Official Correspondence, Biographical Sketches, Diaries, Letters, Memoirs, Newspaper Accounts and much, much more. Take some time to surf thourgh the material. This is a work in process with no end in sight, so check back often!
Contact Me Via Email
HJS21 at Comcast dot net
Feeds
Pages
- ABOUT ME
- BOOK ME, DANNO!
- BULL RUN RESOURCES
- Biographical Sketches – CSA
- Biographical Sketches – USA
- Books and Articles On-Line
- Bull Run Related Articles/Memoirs
- Campaign Weather
- Correspondence – CSA Official
- Correspondence – CSA Private
- Correspondence – USA Official
- Correspondence – USA Private
- Diaries – CSA
- Diaries – USA
- Dixon Miles Court of Inquiry
- Galleries
- Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
- Maps
- Medals of Honor
- Medical Histories – USA
- Memoirs – CSA
- Memoirs – USA
- Newspaper Accounts – CSA
- Newspaper Accounts – USA
- Numbers and Losses
- Official Reports – CSA
- Official Reports – USA
- Orders of Battle – Start Here
- Time Line
- COMMENT RULES
- LINKS
- REVIEW POLICY
- WELCOME!
Search This Blog
Type in the keyword in the box below and hit "enter"
Categories
Archives
Twitterings from Bull Runnings
- RT @caswain01: Redans and field artillery: The defenses of Vicksburg, Part 1 wp.me/paV5j-3Av 8 hours ago
- RT @caswain01: 150 Years Ago: Ordnance rewards reaped from battlefield victory at Chancellorsville wp.me/paV5j-3Aj 2 days ago
- RT @SableArm: The Sable Arm: Don Troiani Paints New Market Heights sablearm.blogspot.com/2013/05/don-tr… #cw150 2 days ago
- RT @caswain01: Breaking News: CWT update on Brandy Station - just $193,000 needed for Fleetwood! wp.me/paV5j-3A7 5 days ago
- RT @JohnHennessy2: 12pdr solid shot found in a root ball in a back yard on Maryes heights on Wednesday. Stuff is still around. 5 days ago
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Now Reading
Tags
2nd Rhode Island Infantry
14th Brooklyn
Abraham Lincoln
ACW Books
After Action Reports
Antietam
Articles
Atrocities
Biographies
Blackburn's Ford
Blogroll
C. S. Artillery
Civil War Art
Civil War Magazines
Collateral Damage
Descendants
Digital History
Fun Stuff
Gettysburg
Hampton's Legion
Handcuffs
History on Film
Interviews
Irvin McDowell
JCCW
Maps of Bull Run
Medal of Honor
Memoirs
Newspaper Accounts
NPS
Photos
Preservation
Resources
Reviewing
Rob Wheat
Sesquicentennial
Sherman's Battery
Soldier's Letters
Soldiers' Diaries
Speaking
Stonewall Jackson
Tables
U. S. Artillery
Writing About The Civil War
Zouaves
Blog Stats
- 634,129 hits
Thanks for the pointer, Harry. Sorry you couldna make it. Oppty of a lifetime :) many noted your absence.
Brian,
Hopefully I’ll get a chance again sometime in the future. Of course, the day I go will be the day it rains cats and dogs for a week prior.
Thanks for posting the pics and for the lively narrative.