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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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 ...
The Washington Post

Union officer killed at First Manassas honored in U.S. and Ireland

Irish native Capt. James Haggerty of the 69th New York State Militia Regiment was one of the first Union officers killed in battle 155 years ago today, July 21, at the First Battle of Manassas (also ...
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 ...
Richmond

Commemoration of Manassas battle gets under way

The 150th anniversary of Civil War battles began not with shots but with speeches and portrayals of the men who made history at Manassas National Battlefield Park on July 21, 1861. Some had an ...