On this day in 1861, Union and Confederate troops clashed outside of Manassas, Virginia in the first major engagement of the Civil War.

Starting at around 2:30 a.m., a 35,000-strong Union force attacked Confederate troops numbering around 32,000.

This day in history was also the birth of the well-known nickname for Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson.

I am willing, perfectly willing to lay down all my joys in this life to help maintain this government.’ ...

On July 1, 1861, the first major land battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Bull Run, began, in which the Confederate army led by General Pierre G.T. Beauregard defeats the large Union force under ...