Created by Tom Horn on 12 Aug 2009, Last Update on 12 Aug 2009

McDowell Marches - 16 Jul 1861

35,000 Federal troops under Brigadier General Irvin McDowell, marched out of the Washington defenses to attack the Confederate army concentrated around the vital railroad junction at Manassas.

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Tags : Land,Combat,Virginia

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