The United States Marines in the Civil War: Harpers Ferry and the Battle of First Manassas

by Major Bruce H. Norton

Book Overview

This book presents the most accurate picture of the United States Marine Corps at the onset of the American Civil War and describes the actions of the Marines at the Battle of First Manassas, or as the Union called it, Bull Run. To tell the story of the actions of the U.S. Marines in the Manassas Campaign, distinguished Marine Corps historians Bruce H. Norton and Phillip Gibbons begin with Marine actions in October 1859 at Harpers Ferry, where...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1680538152
• ISBN13: 9781680538151
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Academica Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"