“Little did I conceive of the greatness of the defeat (at Bull Run), the magnitude of the disaster which it had entailed upon the United States. So short-lived has been the American Union, that men who saw it rise may live to see it fall.” MenMayLittlesHas BeensWarStatesRunningFallUnitedUnited StatesSawsGreatnessUnionsDefeatDisasterCivil WarBullsMagnitudeShort Lived Author:William Howard Russell
