BULLRUN
On a warm July day in 1861, two great armies of a divided nation clashed for the first time on the fields overlooking Bull Run. Their ranks were filled with exited young volunteers in colorful new uniforms, gathered from every part of the country. Confident their enemies would run at the first shot, the young recruits were thankful that they would not miss the only battle of what would surely be a short war. But any thoughts of colorful beauty was lost in the smoke, dirt and death of the battle. Soldiers on both sides were stunned by the violence an destruction they encountered. At days end nearly 900 young men laid dead on the fields of Matthews Hill. Ten hours of heavy fighting swept away thoughts of this being a quickly decided war.The first major battle of the Civil War was fought in Virginia, near the Manassas, Virginia railway junction, after which the battle is called(or the First Bull Run, named after a flowing stream on the battlefield). The armies in this first battle were not very large or well trained by late Civil war standards. The Union forces were under the command of General Irvin McDowell were organized into four divisions or about 30,000 men. These divisions were commanded
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Approximate Word count = 915
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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