Shenandoah 1861 (Expanded, Annotated)

The disaster at the First Battle of Bull Run shocked Union loyalists to a depth difficult to realize today. Unfortunately, a large part of the blame was laid at the doorstep of a veteran general who was not even there.

Major General Robert Patterson was a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War where he served with distinction and was wounded.

In the early days of the American Civil War, he was blamed for not preventing the forces of General Joseph Johnston from reinforcing the Confede...