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Bull Run



 * On July 21, 1861 the First Battle of Bull Run **
 * occurred. It was the first real major conflict **
 * of the American Civil War. A Union army, **
 * consisting of 28,000 men, commanded by **
 * General McDowell, fought 33,000 Confederates **
 * under General Beauregard. The Union army, **
 * under pressure to crush the rebellion in the South, **
 * marched towards Richmond, but met the Confederate **
 * forces coming north from Manassas, a Southern base. **

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= = =** The second battle of Bull Run (or Manassas) ** = **** was fought on Aug. 29-30, 1862. the fighting **** =** on the first day being sometimes called the ** = =** battle of GROVETON. On the morning after ** = =** the battle at Groveton, Pope's army was ** = =** greatly reduced. It had failed to prevent ** = =** the unity of Lee's army, and prudence ** = =** dictated its immediate flight across Bull Run, ** = =** and even to the defenses of Washington. ** =