Manassas, the First Battle of Bull Run!
Date: July 21, 1861
Location: a creek called Bull Run, just north of Manassas
Geographic features: Creek
Personnel: General Pierre Beauregard, General Thomas J. Jackson
Leaders: General Irvin McDowell, General Pierre Beauregard
Technology: Rebel Yell
Outcome: Confederates won, and the South thought the war was over because of that. The North realized they had underestimated the South.
Impact: Lincoln sent out 90-day soldiers back home and called for a real army of 500,000 volunteers for three years.
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