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July 1861: First Battle of Manassas or as the Yankee Army Called it, the First Battle of Bull Run
Updated: Nov 15, 2019

First Battle of Manassas was the largest and bloodiest battle in United States history up to that point. Yankee casualties were 460 killed, 1,124 wounded, and 1,312 missing or captured; Southern casualties were 387 killed, 1,582 wounded, and 13 missing.