Battle of Blackburns Ford: (Civil War Generals summary)
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The Army of Northeastern Virginia numbering 35,000, the nucleus of what would form the Army of the Potomac, was under the command of Brigadier general Irvin Mcdowell. McDowell had never held a combat command before, and he was pressured to start his Mananas campaign by the Union press and Lincoln himself, even though he constantly stated that the men under his command lacked the training and experience to engage in offensives against Beuarguards army. Regardless, the campaign started on July the 17th.
Within the day, the union army had occupied Centerville, opposing them, stationed along the vital railroad junction at Mananas was the 22,000 men of Beaurguards Army of the Potomac. Division commander Daniel Tyler was ordered to look for a fording point across Bull Run creek on the Confederate right. He marched southeast to Mitchell's Ford and Blackburn's Ford, arriving at the latter about 11 a.m. Looking south across the stream, Tyler believed that the road to Manassas Junction was clear, but he failed to see the brigade of Brig. Gen. James Longstreet concealed in the woods behind the ford. Fighting soon followed, and the reconnaissance in-force failed, leaving the Confederates to hold the field with 68 casualties compared to 91 for the Union. While this battle may be over-looked by the much larger and deadlier battles that followed, both James Longstreet and Jubal Early said that the victory on the 21st was largely due to Blackburn's ford, as their men had gained confidence in their abilities. The failure of the reconnaissance also made Mcdowell go against his original idea of launching a frontal assault, instead planning to over-turn the Confederate left, a tactic that he would implement at the Battle of Bull Run three days later.
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The Army of Northeastern Virginia numbering 35,000, the nucleus of what would form the Army of the Potomac, was under the command of Brigadier general Irvin Mcdowell. McDowell had never held a combat command before, and he was pressured to start his Mananas campaign by the Union press and Lincoln himself, even though he constantly stated that the men under his command lacked the training and experience to engage in offensives against Beuarguards army. Regardless, the campaign started on July the 17th.
Within the day, the union army had occupied Centerville, opposing them, stationed along the vital railroad junction at Mananas was the 22,000 men of Beaurguards Army of the Potomac. Division commander Daniel Tyler was ordered to look for a fording point across Bull Run creek on the Confederate right. He marched southeast to Mitchell's Ford and Blackburn's Ford, arriving at the latter about 11 a.m. Looking south across the stream, Tyler believed that the road to Manassas Junction was clear, but he failed to see the brigade of Brig. Gen. James Longstreet concealed in the woods behind the ford. Fighting soon followed, and the reconnaissance in-force failed, leaving the Confederates to hold the field with 68 casualties compared to 91 for the Union. While this battle may be over-looked by the much larger and deadlier battles that followed, both James Longstreet and Jubal Early said that the victory on the 21st was largely due to Blackburn's ford, as their men had gained confidence in their abilities. The failure of the reconnaissance also made Mcdowell go against his original idea of launching a frontal assault, instead planning to over-turn the Confederate left, a tactic that he would implement at the Battle of Bull Run three days later.