165 YEARS AGO: The battle that many hoped would end the war takes place in northern Virginia near a stream named Bull Run.
Tag: Army of Northeastern Virginia
Johnston Steals a March
165 YEARS AGO: The Federal army reaches Centreville in northern Virginia, while Joseph E. Johnston’s Confederates slip out of the Shenandoah Valley undetected and head east.
General Beauregard is Attacked
165 YEARS AGO: The largest army ever assembled in North America goes into motion, starting the great campaign that many hope will end the war.
You Are All Green Alike
OTD 165 YEARS AGO: President Abraham Lincoln holds a special cabinet meeting in which General Irvin McDowell explains his plan to invade northern Virginia, crush the Confederate army, and capture Richmond.