American Civil War · BATTLE SITE ·
First Battle of Bull Run (1861)
On the American Civil War map as “First Bull Run”
21 Jul 1861 — Washington picnickers watch the Union army rout at Manassas; Thomas Jackson earns the name “Stonewall.” Nearly 900 dead in an afternoon teach both capitals that this will not be a ninety-day war.
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- First Battle of Bull Run (chapter 4 of American Civil War)
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- The American Civil War, 1840–1877
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