Industrial Age · North America · War

1861

First Bull Run

July 21, 1861

A Union army marched out of Washington expecting a Sunday stroll to Richmond. At a Virginia creek called Bull Run, Confederate reinforcements arriving by rail turned the tide. Stonewall Jackson earned his nickname. The Yankees ran. Spectators who had brought picnic baskets ran with them. The war would not be short.

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Texas Secedes · North America · Politics

Before and after in North America

Before: December 20, 1860: South Carolina Secedes
After: May 5, 1862: Cinco de Mayo

Before and after in War

Before: October 18, 1860: Summer Palace Burned
After: May 5, 1862: Cinco de Mayo

Era

Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.