The First Battle of Bull Run, called the Battle of First Manassas by Confederate forces, was the first major battle of the American Civil War. The battle was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, just north of the city of Manassas and about thirty miles west-southwest of Washington, D.C.
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First Battle of Bull Run 1861 this was important because The fierce fight there forced both the North and South to face the sobering reality that the war would be long and bloody
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