THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN

By: Debra Hesser

 THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN, ALSO KNOWN AS FIRST MANASSAS (THE NAME USED BY CONFEDERATE FORCES), WAS FOUGHT ON JULY 21, 1861, IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA, NEAR THE CITY OF MANASSAS. IT WAS THE FIRST MAJOR LAND BATTLE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.

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The Stone House, Manassas National Battlefield Park, is a two-story, stone structure in Prince William County,Virginia. It was built as a stop on the Fauquier and Alexandria Turnpike in 1848, but it gained its main significance during the American Civil War, when it served as a hospital during the First and Second Battles of Manassas. Today it is owned by the National Park Service as a giving property to the Manassas National Battlefield Park, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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BULL RUN CANNONS

Captured Gun from First Battle of Bull Run July 21, 1861
Captured Colt Model 1855 Root side

hammer revolver. This .28 caliber, fiveshot revolver was captured by Javan B. Irvine of the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company A, during the the First Battle of Bull Run.

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2011/07/captured-gun-from-first-battleof-bull-run-july-21- 1861/

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Letter from Lucinda M. Hayne to her husband Albert B. Penno, a private in Company D of the 1st Regiment of Rhode Island Volunteers. The following words are written on the front of the envelope included with this letter, Found on field, Bull Run, July 21 61. This note is believed to be in the hand of Edward Porter Alexander, a Confederate officer who was also present at the Battle of Bull Run. In this letter, Hayne comments on her feeling of uneasiness, specifically a feeling that Penno may not return from battle. Sometimes I feel as if I never should see you again, she writes. Albert Penno was wounded on 21 July 1861 (three days after the date of this letter), at the Battle of First Bull Run. Penno was then taken as a prisoner of war to Richmond, Va., and died on 2 August 1861 of his wounds. If Alexanders note is to be taken at face value, this letter was likely in Pennos possession when he was wounded at Bull Run.

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