First Battle of Bull Run
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, American Civil War
- Curriculum: American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877)
- Geographical Location: Virginia
- Date: July 21, 1861
Article abstract: The first major confrontation of the Civil War results in a victory for the South and a realization of the brutality of battle.
Summary of Event
The Civil War began April 12, 1861, at Charleston, South Carolina, when Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter. For three months thereafter, small fights but no major battles occurred from the Atlantic coast west to Missouri. Then, during July, in the vicinity of a watercourse in northern Virginia called Bull Run, Union and Confederate soldiers met in the largest battle ever fought to that...
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