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Bull Run battle seen as turning point in Civil War era
July 21 1861 Bull Run near Manassas was first major Civil War clash. The piece recalls Stonewall Jackson's rise, Beauregard and Johnston, and the Confederate defense that halted Union momentum. It notes later efforts to establish Bull Run as a national battlefield shrine with land acquisitions and marked trails for visitors.
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Virginia
Washington
Stonewall’ Jackson
Confederacy
Shee
Battle of
Manassas
Manassas Junction
Manassoa Gap
Orange and Alexandria
Battle of Bull Run
Wim
Sa ‘Glenn I. Tucker
Washington Post
Rene Lize Cats
Pep
Maine
Stanind
Sytaut
Joseph E. Johnson
Pierre Beauregard
McDowell
Stonewell Jackson
Davis
Johnson
Beauregard
Potomac
Jackson
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Appomattox
Irvin McDowell
Union
Pierre Gustave Tourant Beauregard
West Point
James E. Longstreet
Lee
War Horse
Joseph E. Johnston
Kirby Smith
C.P. Ewell
Fitz-Hugh Lee
Jeb'* Stuart
Jubal A. Early
Wade Hampton
Thomas J. Jackson
Stonewall” Jackal
Gen. Barnard &. Bee
Stonewell” Jackson
Stonewall
Texas
79Th New York
Wilbur McLean
McLean
Appomattox Court House
Grant
Henry House
Isaac Henry
John Adams
Henry
Famlly
Washington-Warrenton
Rural Resettlement Administration
Bull Run Creek
Moenasses
Resettlement Administration
National Park Service
Battleground
Cary