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Collection Reference Number GLC05987.53
From Archive Folder Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides 
Title Battle of Young's Branch; or, Manassas Plain, fought July 21, 1861
Date 1862
Author Warder, T. B. (fl. 1862)  
Document Type Book
Content Description Co-authored by James M. Catlett. Signed "J. R. Barlett's" on the front cover. First edition published in Richmond by Enquirer Books and Job Press. The book has been rebound in a green cloth cover. There is also another copy of this book at GLC04061. Two fold-out maps of the Battle of Bull Run, one at the front cover and another at the back cover. Front map (39.2 x 29 cm.) is of the Centerville-Manassas, Virginia area. Says it is a "Map of the country occupied by the Federal and Confederate Armies on the 18th & 21st July 1861." Created by the authors. Back map (55.3 x 50.5 cm.) is fold-out topographical map of the Manassas, Virginia and Bull Run area. It is a "Relief Survey and Map" by James L. Bowen. Says "Linear Survey" was made by the authors. Shows where Union and Confederate units were situated during the Battle of Bull Run. Preface says there are three goals of the book: to understand the movements of the armies, to excite the spirit of patriotism of the South, and to allow the average solider to trace his regiment in the battle. Page 7-76 provides an overview of the battle and reports what each Confederate regiment did. Page 77-78 is a poem titled "An Incident" by M.L. Whitten, the chaplain of the 9th Alabama regiment. Page 79-96 is a copy of General P.G.T. Beauregard's official report. Page 97-114 is the official report of the battle by General Joseph E. Johnston. Page 115-156 is a copy of Beauregard's initial report of the battle. Front yellow paper cover is extent, while back yellow paper cover is missing.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Confederate States of America  Battle of Bull Run  Battle  Surveying  Poetry  Confederate General or Leader  Union Forces  
Place written Richmond, Virginia
Theme The American Civil War; Arts & Literature
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945