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Manassas National Battlefield Park
« on: September 15, 2019, 04:51:15 PM »
First Battle of Bull Run...July 21, 1861.  Union casualties were 460 killed, 1,124 wounded, and 1,312 missing or captured; Confederate casualties were 387 killed, 1,582 wounded, and 13 missing.

Second Battle of Bull Run...August 28–30, 1862.  Union casualties were about 14,000 killed and wounded out of 62,000 engaged; the Confederates lost about 1,000 killed and 7,000 wounded out of 50,000.



























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« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2019, 09:05:53 PM »
Wow, with those casualty #'s, it's a wonder the South lost.  Great pictures, thanks for sharing. 
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« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2019, 07:13:39 AM »
We saw this in the early 90's while working in Fairfax, VA. and it has an affect on you when reading the amount of men that died. In about two weeks we will be at Gettysburg as our trip in our RV heads back home from Niagara Falls.
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« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2019, 11:57:27 AM »
Got to visit there in '98.  The McLean farm took a cannon ball and he said: "I'm getting out of here!"  He moved to Appomattox.  Lee signed the surrender to Grant in his parlor.  So you might say the Civil War started and ended in the McLean family parlor.  Bull Run was the first major engagement after Fort Sumter.
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« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2019, 12:44:37 PM »
I love this old Civil War stuff.  The east coast is so rich in early American history.  I am currently living in California but grew up in NJ and MD.  Our home in MD was within a few miles of the Antietam National Battle Field.  Gettysburg was the site of the bloodiest battle of the of the Civil War but Antietam was known for being the bloodiest day in American history since it was only a one day battle with over 22,000 casualties.  News reporters were frequently being corrected by this fact when 9/11 occurred.

While visiting relatives in Maryland, I brought my kids back several times to Antietam to give them some insight into their Irish heritage.  Antietam was one of several places during the Civil War where the Irish earned their right to be part of America.  Many Irish immigrants lost their lives at Antietam.
     
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