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This Day in History: Civil War’s First Battle of Bull Run

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1861, Union and Confederate troops clashed outside of Manassas, Virginia in the first major engagement of the Civil War. It began when Union General Irvin McDowell hoped to ...
Colts Wire

Civil War cannons are usually in the RI State House. How they got there

There are military artifacts with stories behind them across the state, but few are as famous as the two Civil War-era cannons that, until 2023, when they were "temporarily" relocated, could be seen ...
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Fort Sumter to Bull Run: How the Civil War Erupted

Decades of tension over slavery and secession exploded in 1861 when Confederate guns fired on Fort Sumter. Within months, the first major battle at Bull Run revealed just how bloody the conflict would ...
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A comprehensive sketch of the Battle of Manassas, or Second Battle of Bull Run : giving a brief account of one of the most important engagements of the late Civil War : illustrated

Includes also description of the Panorama of the Battle of Bull Run by Theophile Poilpot.