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Title: The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861 (Campaigns and Commanders Series)

Author: Edward G. Longacre

Narrator: Aaron Killian

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-27-17

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

When Union and Confederate forces squared off along Bull Run on July 21, 1861, the Federals expected this first major military campaign would bring an early end to the Civil War. But when Confederate troops launched a strong counterattack, both sides realized the war would be longer and costlier than anticipated. First Bull Run, or First Manassas, set the stage for four years of bloody conflict that forever changed the political, social, and economic fabric of the nation. It also introduced the commanders, tactics, and weaponry that would define the American way of war through the turn of the twentieth century.

This crucial campaign receives its most complete and comprehensive treatment in Edward G. Longacres The Early Morning of War. A magisterial work by a veteran historian, The Early Morning of War blends narrative and analysis to convey the full scope of the campaign of First Bull Runits drama and suspense as well as its practical and tactical underpinnings and ramifications. Also woven throughout are biographical sketches detailing the backgrounds and personalities of the leading commanders and other actors in the unfolding conflict.

Longacre has combed previously unpublished primary sources, including correspondence, diaries, and memoirs of more than four hundred participants and observers, from ranking commanders to common soldiers and civilians affected by the fighting.

The book is published by University of Oklahoma Press.

Edward Longacre has applied his considerable skills as a biographer to a vivid piece of American history, injecting humanity and fresh insight to the story of the Civil War's first major battle. (John Hennessy, author of Return to Bull Run)

"Extensively researched and full of fresh insights and information offers a remarkably thorough, highly readable account" (Ethan S. Rafuse, author of McClellan's War)

Members Reviews:

As always Edward Longacre shows not only the depth of ...

As always Edward Longacre shows not only the depth of his subject knowledge but his ability to convey this to the reader in an informative manner.

Five Stars

An astute historian and impeccable writer

Four Stars

Great book!

Manassas Masterpiece

For those of us following the War's 150th observances now enmeshed in the dire, dark days of 1864, a book on First Manassas lightens the load. Strange to say, as warriors step onto the Plains to begin their fateful march through four years of cataclysmic violence, this battle paints a scene almost fresh and innocent compared to what was to come. We encounter men in obscure positions whose names soon rise to martial immortality, while others' promising journeys forever end here. In contrast with battles later in the War, one is struck in this narrative by the pervasive sense of hope--for glory, for victory and, depending on which side, for union or independence.

Of course, such impressions arise from safe Sesquicentennial musings; the bullets and shells of First Manassas surely wounded and killed as lethally as those of Cold Harbor or Fort Fisher or Ezra Church, and Edward Longacre turns a story that is anything but light. This book takes us through the military, political, public, and individual perspectives leading up to, emerging during, and following First Bull Run.