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Manassas - Manassas National Battlefield. The battlefield marks the site where two great battles of the Civil War - the First and Second Battles of Bull Run - were
fought. On July 21, 1861, picnickers and other sightseers accompanied the ill trained Union Army under General McDowell as it marched out of Washington to
fight the Confederate Army under Generals Beauregard and Johnston. After 10 hours of deadly fighting, however, it became apparent that this conflict was not
going to be the only battle of a short civil war, as most had expected. At this first battle General T.J. Jackson was given his famous nickname, “Stonewall." The
combat-hardened armies of the North and South returned months later to fight a four-times larger battle on August 28-30, 1862. Confederate General Robert E. Lee
outmaneuvered and defeated a larger force under Union General Pope. This victory led to Lee's first invasion of the North.
Second Battle of Bull Run, Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5848. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
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