Summary: The Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861 served as a deadly wake up call to Americans that the Civil War was going to be a bloody and long war. Follow the battle through the lives of Sarah Edmonds, Kady Brownell, and Rose Greenhow and witness the first battle of the U.S. Civil War unfold through the eyes of a field nurse, standard-bearer, and Confederate spy. This is the Battle of Bull Run as you've never heard it before. Click here to play the Chickcast.Subscribe via Itunes.Download an mp3 or other formats here. Further Resources: Busted! Rose Greenhow Spy Documents at the National Archives Kady Brownell, a Rhode Island LegendSarah Edmonds – Nurse and spy in the Union Army: The Adventures and Experiences of a woman in Hospitals, Camps, and BattlefieldsRose Greenhow – My Imprisonment and the First Year of Abolition Rule at Washington Book Recommendations: Wild Rose: The True Story of a Civil War Spy They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the Civil War The Mysterious Private Thompson: The Double Life of Sarah Emma Edmonds
