Bull Run Sesqui on the Web

Over the past week or so I’ve been sharing on Facebook and retweeting on Twitter various articles, images, and videos relating to the Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) that have swamped the web as the 150th anniversary of the battle approached and was commemorated. There were a bunch of them. Here are links to a few of the more significant items (I’ll add to this any that pop up afterwards, too). There are some worthy of posting to the resources section, and as I check them out and get any necessary permissions I will do so. Get comfortable, this will take a while. If I missed anything big, let me know!

Update 8/3/2011: I noticed I had fouled up a few of these links. I think they’re fixed now, so check them out again if you couldn’t get through.

Good Battle Stuff

• 2nd ME at Bull Run
• 4th SC at Bull Run
• 8th GA at Bull Run
• 17th VA at Blackburn’s Ford
• Alexander Wilken of 1st MN to His Father After the Battle – Private Correspondence
• Captain James Haggerty of the 69th NYSM
• The Campbell Rangers of the 30th VA
• Capture of Ambrose Burnside’s Valet
• Conduct of McDowell’s Army on Virginia Part I
• Conduct of McDowell’s Army in Virginia Part II
• Confederate Slaves at Bull Run
• Encyclopedia Virginia’s Entry on First Bull Run
• Fayetteville Observer Reports on the 6th NC in the Battle – Newspaper Article
• J. A. McPherson of 6th NC Reports on Battle – Private Correspondence in Fayetteville Observer
• James McKay Rorty of the 69th NYSM
• John Casler of the 33rd VA
• John Grabil of the 33rd VA
• Marcus Conant, 11th MA, POW
• Mary Henry, Daughter of Smithsonian Sec’y, Recalls the Battle – includes diary entries and images
• Raleigh Register Reports on Return of 6th NC’s Col. Fisher – Newspaper Article
• St. Paul Daily Press on “Want of Cavalry” at the Battle – Newspaper Article
• Weather on the Day of the Battle
• William Hite of the 33rd VA

Miscellaneous

• Refurbished Painting of 69th NYSM’s Return From the Battlefield

Opinion

• Craig Swain on Identity and Bull Run
• Ed Ayres on the Meaning of Bull Run
• Gary Gallagher: Where Ignorant Armies Clash
• James Lundberg on “On to Richmond”
• Robert Moore on Familial Connections to the Battle
• Robinson House (Not) On the Battlefield

Sesqui Events

• C-Span’s Coverage
• Fox 5’s Coverage
• NPS Videos
• US Marine Marker Dedication

Videos

• Dennis Frye on the 2nd VA in Manassas Campaign Part I
• Dennis Frye on the 2nd VA in Manassas Campaign Part II
• Ethan Rafuse on First Bull Run for Gettysburg College Civil War Institute
• Loretta Velasquez Reenactor
• Maine at Bull Run
• Panel Discussion – Mobilizing for War, Gettysburg College Civil War Institute
• Peter Carmichael Gives Overview of 1861 for Gettysburg College Civil War Institute
• Ray Brown’s Tour for Gettysburg College Civil War Institute
• Renee Fleming Reads Sullivan Ballou