BULL RUN: PART ONE: CALLED TO ARMS

by Malcolm Aylward

Follow along in this riveting, fictionalized account with the heroic 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment as they transform from everyday farmers, tradesmen, and shopkeepers into one of the most hard fighting and formidable fighting units ever to walk onto a battlefield.
In the chaotic days after Fort Sumter fell to the Confederates, future Union Army soldiers Lucas Bainbridge and his best friend Thomas Hobbs are thrown into the chaos and tumult of the American Civil War as they and the rest of Company F prepare and train for their first real taste of war at Manassas in the first Battle of Bull Run in July of 1861.

35 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 27, 2015

Reviews

[Keith Baker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well-researched and well-written with convincing characters in a style crisp enough to carry the reader right into the story-line. Enough so that I will be looking for more ...

[EFinn1 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can honestly say that I am not usually a historical fiction or war story fiction buff, usually because authors change the facts to suit their characters. But I liked this story- young man to adult, the sacrifices of the military life, and the uncertainty of war. All universal with appeal to both men and women. Malcolm Aylward’s story stayed true; he did not re-write history, he wrote characters that fit the history- that is an art