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Union General Didn't Want Battle at Bull Run
A century later a UP News features recounts Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell's wary stance as he marshals about 30,000 troops at Centreville. Beauregard pushes for action while Johnston’s reinforcements near Manassas add to the chaos that begins the Civil War's first major clash.
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Manassas
Tom Henshaw
Irvin McDowell
Virginia
Centreville
McDowell
West Point
Mac Dowell
North
Bull Run
Ace Greeley
New York Tribune
Richmond
Pierre Gustave Tourant Beauregard
Washington
Beauregard
South
Fort Sumter
Beauregard Felix
Old Bory
Napoleon
Potomac
Mount Vernon
Manasee
William Tecum
San Francisco
Kansas
Louisiana
Rebert Patterson
United States
Patterson
Harper's Ferry
Shenandoah Valley
Joseph E. Johnston
Johnston
Winchester
Shenandoah
Manassas Gap
James Longstreet
Longstreet
Virginia Hills