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	conflict	First Battle of Bull Run
	caption	Cub Run in Centreville, Virginia View with destroyed bridge
	partof	the American Civil War
	date	July 21 1861
	place	Fairfax County and Prince William County , Virginia
	result	Confederate victory
	combatant1	United States Of America
	combatant2	Confederate States Of America
	commander1	Irvin McDowell
	commander2	Joseph E Johnston <br> PGT Beauregard
	strength1	35,000
	strength2	32,500
	casualties1	2,896 (460 killed, 1,124 wounded, 1,312 captured/missing)Eicher, p 99
	casualties2	1,982 (387 killed, 1,582 wounded, 13 missing)

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	quote	Today will be known as BLACK MONDAY We are utterly and disgracefully routed, beaten, whipped by secessionists
	source	Union diarist George Templeton Strong Eicher, p 100