The Battle of Ball's Bluff: All the Drowned Soldiers

by Bill Howard

Three months after the Civil War's first important battle at Manassas in 1861, Union and Confederate armies met again near the sleepy town of Leesburg. What began as a simple scouting mission evolved into a full-scale battle when a regiment of Union soldiers unexpectedly encountered a detachment of Confederate cavalry. The Confederates pushed forward and scattered the Union line. Soldiers drowned trying to escape back to Union lines on the other side...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467140732
• ISBN13: 9781467140737
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"