NEW YORK TIMES, July 19, 1861 

* Battle of Bull Run prelude
* Manassas VA Virginia

The front page has some great column heads on the Civil War including some just preceding the historic Battle of Bull Run: "THE INSURRECTION" "Progress Of The Grande Army" "Details of the Movements of the National Troops" "Scenes at Fairfax Court-House" "Important Rumor from Pensacola" "Insurgents Landing at Sewell's Point" "Skirmishing in Missouri" "Movements of the Rebels" "The Advance on Fairfax' "A Secession Outbreak in Illinois" and more.
Eight pages, very nice condition.

Background: The July 19, 1861 issue of The New York Times captures the tense, fateful days just prior to the First Battle of Bull Run as northern public anticipation reached a fever pitch. Front-page column heads under "THE INSURRECTION" framed the conflict legally and officially as an illegal rebellion against federal authority rather than a war between sovereign nations. Subheadings detailed the "Progress Of The Grande Army" and provided "Details of the Movements of the National Troops" as General Irvin McDowell’s 35,000-man force marched south from Washington, D.C., driven by intense northern pressure to crush the Confederacy and march on Richmond. Meanwhile, reports of "Scenes at Fairfax Court-House" captured the immediate prelude to full-scale combat, describing Union forces driving back Confederate outposts and probing defense lines along Bull Run creek—unwittingly documenting the calm before a devastating battle that would shatter all expectations of a quick Union victory.