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  Big Bethel: The First Battle
By John V. Quarstein
Price: $19.99
The battle at Big Bethel Church, known as the Civil War's first land battle, was a baptism of fire for a nation newly torn apart by civil war. Northern and southern soldiers alike could not imagine how fiery passions and technological advances would collide into America's bloodiest war, all beginning that hot, cloudless day at Bethel, as the shells burst among the smartly clad Zouaves. Here, the war saw its first friendly fire incident, the death of the first West Point graduate, the death of the first Confederate infantryman and the first Confederate victory.
Join award-winning historian John Quarstein as he details the story of the June 10, 1861, battle, when soldiers first realized that the war would not be filled with glorious parades but rather desperate struggles to decide the fate of the nation.
160 pages, softcover, ISBN 9781609493547, The History Press, 2011.
What's related:
• Watch John Quarstein's appearance at the 2011 Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture at the VHS
• Browse other items related to Virginia's Civil War history
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