"The Main Battle-Ground.—No. 2. [View of the Robinson house, looking north from the spot on the
Henry plateau where General Bee fell. At one P. M. this ground lay between the hostile lines, which
were (roughly speaking) parallel with the sides of the picture: Confederates on the right, Federals
on the left. The foreground was between the centers of the positions....]"
Caption and illustration from The Battle of Bull Run, by G. T. Beauregard in The Century, Nov 1884.

<< back to Setting the Scene