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- GLC#
- GLC05111.01.0472-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- circa 1862
- Author/Creator
- Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
- Title
- [Full-length portrait of William H. "Bull Run" Russell, British reporter for Times of London]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 albumen : b&w Height: 45.2 cm, Width: 35.1 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Full length standing portrait, holding cane and hat. Russell was an influential reporter for The Times of London, a British newspaper. He won international recognition following his reporting of the Crimean War from 1851-1855. During the American Civil War, Russell reported on the July 21, 1861 First Battle of Bull Run, in which an initially successful Union attack gave way to a strong Confederate counterattack and a Union retreat. Russell's account of the retreat included a description of "the disgraceful conduct of the [Union] troops," a charge which was widely denounced by the Northern press.
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