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What was the first battle of the civil war??

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the first battle of Bull run and was also called the First Battle of Manassas

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Although the Confederate strike on Fort Sumter

was the battle that began the Civil War, the first major land battle was the First Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas). This battle took place on July 21, 1861, close to Manassas Junction, along the banks of the small Bull Run river in Virginia.

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