The New York Times

The First Battle of Manassas; Strategic Movements of the Conflicting Troops -- How the Fight Was Won -- Origin of the "Stars and Bars" and the "Rebel Yell."

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The Washington Post

First Manassas Precursor Battle Wins Recognition

As motorists on Route 28 cross Bull Run Bridge, few may realize that, on the weedy slopes leading to the stream below, a bloody but nearly forgotten footnote to the Civil War took place. On a stretch ...
The Washington Post

140 Years Later, Reenactors, Old Diaries Keep Memory of First Manassas Alive

Today marks your last chance to see an enactment of the First Battle of Manassas on this 140th anniversary of the first major engagement of the War Between the States. Advertised as "the largest Civil ...
The Herald-Dispatch

Ceremonies mark 150th anniversary of Manassas battle

MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — It was Manassas where the greatest army ever assembled in North America first gave battle 150 years ago. It was Manassas where a Confederate colonel earned one of the most ...
Time

ARMY & NAVY: At Manassas

Pessimistic old General Winfield Scott said it would take three years and 300,000 men to put down the rebellion. But Washington socialites thought otherwise. On the morning of July 21, 1861 they ...