... day he attacked a southern army nearly his own size. Despite early northern sucess, the southerns were able to counterattack and win the battle of Bull Run. The northern army retreated in disaray, but the southerns were equally confused, and the strong personalities of Davis, Johnston, and Beaurugard clashed. ... Lee, considered the best solider in the army, lead an unsucessful attempt to reclaim Western Virginia, which had fallen to the north shortly before Bull Run. However the south scored a small and stunning victory at Ball's Bluff Virginia, ending the year with hope. The rest of 18...

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... at Manassas, Virginia, in July 1861, a march by Union troops under the command of Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell on the Confederate forces there was halted in the First Battle of Bull Run, or First Manassas. McDowell's troops were forced back to Washington, D.C., by the Confederates under the command of Generals Joseph E. Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard. It was in this battle that Confederate ... ...

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... at Manassas, Virginia, in July 1861, a march by Union troops under the command of Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell on the Confederate forces there was halted in the First Battle of Bull Run, or First Manassas. McDowell's troops were forced back to Washington, D.C., by the Confederates under the command of Generals Joseph E. Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard. It was in this battle that Confederate ... ...

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... the 11th corps under the command of Lee's newly appointed Lieutenant General Richard Ewell. Ewell was a revengeful man because he lost one of his legs in the second battle of Bull Run a year before. Ewell had just replaced Lee's second in command, Stonewall Jackson, who had just been killed in battle a month before. Stonewall Jackson was a legendary commander for the confederates ... ...

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... which the British economy depended, also the was the fact that early in the war it appeared that the South might indeed defeat the Union forces. After the Battle of Bull Run and the ineffective Peninsula Campaign, one could be forgiven for thinking the cause of the Union in dire trouble. The Emancipation Proclamation was also aimed at cutting of the ... ...

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... Douglass was a Northern Democrat. Even though Douglass received 30% of the popular vote he only won 12 electoral votes finishing last. John Bell won three Border States for a total of 39 electoral votes. Breckinridge won all of the deep Southern states and commanded 72 electoral votes. Winning 40% of the popular vote and 182 electoral votes, Lincoln surpassed the other three ... ...

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... , had fought hard and proudly to free the slaves and save their country. Just over 7,100 had been commissioned as officers. They had 449 engagements and had fought hard in 39 major battles. Enlisted in the navy were 29,000 black soldiers. Almost 68,200 African Americans, more than a third of those who had enrolled in the military, were listed dead ... ...

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