A Single Grand Victory: The First Campaign and Battle of Manassas

More than 800 men lost their lives and 2,700 were wounded. Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson earned his legendary nickname 'Stonewall' here as fellow Confederate General Barnard Bee, later fatally wounded in the battle, shouted, 'Yonder stands Jackson like a stone wall!' Both the North and the South believed that a single victory in this first major battle would decide the war before it barely started. Yet the first battle of Manassas, or Bull Run, has not received nearly the same atten...