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U. S. CIVIL WAR
PHOTOGRAPHS
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FIRST MANASSAS (BULL RUN)
PAGE ONE OF SIX
Battle of Bull Run--July 21st 1861.
Union (Gen. McDowell), Confederate (Gen. Beauregard).
Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers, [1889, 1890]. Lithograph, hand colored.
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FIRST MANASSAS
July 21, 1861
Estimated Casualties : 4,700 total (US
2,950; CS 1,750)
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On July 16, 1861, the Union army under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell marched from
Washington toward Centreville, Virginia, on the Warrenton Turnpike. From
there they planned to attack the Confederate army, under the command of Gen.
Pierre G.T. Beauregard, and later Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
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The Mclean House - Beauregard's Headquarters
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Afterwards, Mclean moved from Manassas to Appomattox in order to get away
from the war and it was in his house at Appomattox that Lee surrendered. He
could truly say that the war began in his front yard and ended in his dining
room.
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The Confederate army was dug in behind a small stream called "Bull Run" which ran
approximately from the northwest to the southeast crossing the Northern Virginia
country side. The Confederate line started at the Stone Bridge, where the
Warrenton Turnpike crossed Bull Run, and followed the stream to the south for
several miles.
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Two views of the destroyed Bull Run Bridge (Stone Bridge) in 1862.
The Stone Bridge in 1998
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It's narrow size was disastrous to the Union Forces because of the logjam
it caused when masses of troops tried to funnel onto it.
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Civilians, including Washington Congressmen, followed the Union army in carriages
and on horseback on an outing to watch the Union army defeat the Confederates.
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