Step Into the First Major Battle of the Civil War

Civil War Then & Now

Today on "Step Into History" we visit Sudley Springs Ford, where the Union Army crossed right before and after the First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run). In the months following the battle, the Thornberry family are captured in numerous famous photographs with soldiers in the distance.

Garry Adelman of the American Battlefield Trust is joined by National Park Ranger Anthony Trusso to "step in" to several of the Civil War era photos at Manassas.

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Related Battles

Fairfax County and Prince William County, VA | July 21, 1861
Result: Confederate Victory
Estimated Casualties
4,878
Union
2,896
Confed.
1,982
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