View Full Version : This Day in 1861--First Manassas (Bull Run)
USMC 2571
07-21-17, 06:57 AM
Anyone interested in history/Civil War? This day in history July 21, 1861, First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)----most people thought the entire war would be decided by this one battle, and people went from Washington D.C. out to the area of the fighting, had a picnic, brought their wives and sweethearts. But the battle raged and soldiers fled to Washington, and the whole outing turned into a nightmare for both the Union soldiers and the onlookers, as they fled back to the city in a panic.
Mongoose
07-21-17, 08:05 AM
The one thing most people are confused about, concerning the Civil War is.......the South actually won it. Most Americans are not aware of the secret deals that were made, in order to not embarrass the Yankees.
USMC 2571
07-21-17, 08:08 AM
hahaha, yeah, that is certainly right. No wonder not many are aware of that.
Tennessee Top
07-22-17, 10:35 AM
Went to a couple battlefield reenactments in Manassas when I was stationed in Quantico. Fascinating to watch and learn. My favorite is the surgeon's tent and seeing their crude instruments (mostly saws). They always have whiskey bottles for sedation/sterilization and buckets filled with fake body parts! The other eye opener is the thick wool uniforms they wore year-round. Great for those cold VA winters but summer is stifling hot and humid - had to be miserable.
USMC 2571
07-22-17, 11:19 AM
I've never been to a reenactment, Top, but I have read a little about OUTSIDE the surgeon's tents, body parts literally stacked up past the windows, after surgery.
advanced
07-22-17, 11:21 AM
I was in a re-enactment back in the Arizona Territory, we played cowboys and indians. We took boo koo scalps.
FistFu68
07-22-17, 11:40 AM
Yup been in that Tent w/Saws etc etc thank the Lord they didn't cut my legs off
Mongoose
07-23-17, 07:45 AM
I was in a re-enactment back in the Arizona Territory, we played cowboys and indians. We took boo koo scalps.
Russ, your letting your racism show.....can't talk about Indians in a negative fashion.....you should be ashamed.
silverdollar
07-24-17, 05:52 AM
I made sgt. at Bull run.:evilgrin:
advanced
07-24-17, 08:14 AM
I'm not racist towards Indians, I ride 2 of them.
Mongoose
07-24-17, 04:20 PM
I made sgt. at Bull run.:evilgrin:
Dang, George....did you meet Robert E. Lee ????
silverdollar
07-25-17, 04:35 AM
Naw Billy, when I was there ol Robert E was a PFC.
Mongoose
07-25-17, 08:28 AM
Just think.......if the South had won the war......how different things would be today.31656