Civil War 5

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Bull Run or the Battle of Manassas began. At the beginning the of the battle, with bad judgement from the Confederacy the Union gained the upper hand, but as the battle went on, the Confederates made a come back. This comeback was thanks to Thomas J. Jackson and his infantry. Because of the Confederate Army's fall back, the only infantry who didn't fall back was Jackson. There was one general shouted out, "Look! There stands Jackson like a stone wall! Rally behind the Virgians!". From that point on that was Jackson's new nickname, Stonewall. He truly deserved it, and he would prove that in many future battle in the war. There then, the Confederacy would held the Union army back until reinforcements would arrive to turn this battle around into a victory for the Confederacy. While being too exhausted, the Confederates did not folllow up and attack Washington.
The day after Manassas, Lincoln was so upset that he signed a bill for the enlistment of 500,000 volunteer soldiers to serve ...

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