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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05987.31 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides |
| Title | Broadside announcing the First Battle of Manassas from Whig and Observer Extra |
| Date | ca. 22 July 1861 |
| Author | Anderson, T.J. (fl. 1861) |
| Additional authors | Monroe, Wm. O. (fl. 1861) |
| Document Type | Broadside; Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | Headline states "Glorious News! From Virginia! The Battle of Manassas. Our Arm Victorious." The first excerpt, from the Columbus Republic Extra 21 July 1861, reports that General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard's horse was shot from underneath him, and that nine hundred Union troops and sixty Confederate troops were killed. A second dispatch relates that Northern reports claimed the engagement at Manassas Junction was a Union victory. A third dispatch, reported 22 July from Louisville, Kentucky, and Washington, D.C., cites a Confederate victory. Possibly printed as an extra version of the Richmond Whig; heading states "Whig and Observer-- Extra." |
| Subjects | First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Battle Battle of Bull Run Battle Death Union Forces Confederate General or Leader |
| People | Beauregard, Gustave Toutant (1818-1893) |
| Place written | Eutaw, Alabama |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | The First Battle of Manassas, or First Bull Run, took place 21 July 1861 and resulted in a Confederate victory. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |