“Brilliant beyond Description”: The Army of the Potomac’s Grand Review at Bailey’s Cross Roads,...

The origin of the Grand Review of the Army of the Potomac at Bailey’s Cross Roads, Virginia, on 20 November 1861 began on the plains of Manassas, Virginia, on 21 July 1861, with the defeat and hasty retreat of Union forces. A green Union army of 36,000 men, under . . .