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| | First Battle of Bull Run -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | The First Battle of Bull Run, referred to as the First Battle of Manassas in the South, (July 21, 1861), was the first major land battle of the (Civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865) American Civil War. |
 | | However, a brigade of (A state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War) Virginia soldiers commanded by Brig. |
 | | Rally behind the Virginians!" The Confederates did just that, and the battle resulted in a humiliating rout of (The state of being joined or united or linked) Union forces and a disorderly retreat, bringing the battle to a halt. |
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