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Abraham Lincoln

First Battle of Bull Run

Sunday Jul 21, 1861
Fairfax County and Prince William County, Virginia, U.S.

After the Union rout at Bull Run and Winfield Scott's retirement, Lincoln appointed Major General George B. McClellan general-in-chief.


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