A Virginian at First Manassas: "A Sunday as Men Seldom Spend"
New in April 2026
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20m
Charles Minor Blackford is remembered as an officer on Gen. James Longstreet's staff and for his vivid wartime letters. In his letter about First Manassas, he describes taking a souvenir from the Henry House, a dead Union soldier with a child's doll, abandoned carriages and uneaten lunches, and much more.
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