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jul 21, 1861 - 1st Battle of Bull Run

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The fighting would be bloody and long.
On July 16, the new Union volunteer army under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell marched from Washington DC toward the Confederate army.
On July 17th, McDowell sent a small force across Bull Run at Blackburn's Ford to test the Confederate

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jul 21, 1861
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~ 164 years ago

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