Where Southern Victories Tested Northern Resolve
On July 21, 1861, two armies clashed for the first time on the fields overlooking Bull Run. Heavy fighting swept away any notion of a quick war. In August 1862, Union and Confederate armies converged for a second time on the plains of Manassas. The Confederates won a solid victory bringing them to the height of their power.
23 Sept 1995So much of the course of the Civil war went though this Battlefield with two major battles fought here. The first showed the North that this would not be a small civil uprising and the second brought the South to a high mark. We took in the park and Visitor Center.
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