Fight for Henry Hill at the First Battle of Bull Run | Animated Battle Map

By July 1861, the young Confederate nation had formed its armies and prepared them for its defense. The first major clash between the armies of the United States and the Confederate States came in Northern Virginia along the Bull Run Creek and a railroad junction named Manassas about 30 miles from Washington D.C. The southern armies of Joseph E. Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard combined at the junction to combat the Union Army under Irvin McDowell. The two major actions took place at the fords along the Bull Run Creek and on two hills to the northwest, Matthews Hill and Henry Hill. This battle would cement Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson as a national hero to the Confederacy and demonstrate that the war would be a far bloodier conflict than expected.

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