Author Peter Bertram writes:

These crudely cast Confederate satirical medals are very rare indeed with only three specimens currently known (that I'm aware of). A fourth one announcing the medal's existence was noted as "A MEMENTO OF BULL'S RUN" inthe October, 1879 issue of the American Journal of Numismatics. It was a lead medal in Cleveland's Historical Society and was described as

"Live" should actually be "Light" per the images shown here.

At the Battle of First Bull (not Bull's) Run, Union General Irvin McDowell's new army attacked Confederate Generals PGT Beauregard and Joseph E. Johnston on July 21 near Centreville, Virginia. Successful at first, theattack failed as Confederate reinforce-ments from the Shenandoah Valley arrived, broke the Union right flank and pressed hard, turning the Federal retreat into a complete rout. The medal's satirical legend was thus read as"US bulls run," with "Long Legs" referring to how fast the Union soldiers ran, and "Light Weights" describing their frantic discarding of arms, accouterments, etc - anything and everything which might have slowed themdown.

Alan Weinberg won the eBay auction for his finest known copy above, and Joseph Levine (Presidential Coin & Antique Co) sold the other two - one of them to Richard Gross who reports he still has his copy and it's forsale (ms67.rick.g@gmail.com).

To read earlier E-Sylum articles on Peter's book, see:
NEW BOOK: CONFEDERATE NUMISMATICA, PART 1 (http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n30a04.html)
BOOK REVIEW: CONFEDERATE NUMISMATICA (http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n31a11.html)