Ep7 – Deep dive: First Battle of Bull Run or Manassas
Gary interviews Spencer in a deep dive into the first Battle of Bull Run or Manassas. This was the first land engagement of the US Civil War was fought on 21 July, just 30 miles south of Washington—close enough for U.S. senators to witness the battle in person. Confederates called it the Battle of Manassas, after the closest town. Union soldiers called it Bull Run, after a stream running through the battlefield.