"Never Give Up The Field" Battle Of First Manassas, July 21 1861 ” Thacher recollected mortar shells

” Thacher recollected mortar shells crossing the lines “like fiery meteors with blazing tails

whom they elected as their brigadier general of militia

consultant and writer with a PhD in history from the Universität Würzburg in Germany

Just as the sun began to rise

"Never Give Up The Field" Battle Of First Manassas, July 21 1861 ” Thacher recollected mortar shells350 Signed Numbered Overall: 30. 75" x 24. 25" Image: 26. 75" x 20" $225. 00 Colonel Francis Bartow was not one to lead from behind or to send a regiment, where he would not himself go. Both were traits that would endear him to his men, and also would result in his mortal wounding at the First Battle of Bull Run July 21, 1861. Although he had little if any formal military training, Francis Bartow threw himself into the roll first as captain of the