Road to Manassas

This book focuses on the Union Army from April 14 - July 21, 1861. The book traces command and recruiting problems, carefully studies the first Bull Run, and then analyzes the battle and relates its results to the actions of Union leaders. "LACK OF PREPAREDNESS for war was a United States tradition in the nineteenth century. Without the military background of the formidable continental powers, this nation stubbornly refused to maintain a large, efficient armed force during peacetime. When confli