Union Army positions in First Battle of Bull Run

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Union Army positions in the First Battle of Bull Run were the strategically arranged lines and artillery placements, including those on Henry Hill, that formed the main Federal battlefront during the opening major land engagement of the American Civil War.

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instanceOf military formation
order of battle element
artilleryDeployedAt Chinn Ridge
Dogans Ridge
linked to: Dogan Ridge

Henry Hill
near Stone Bridge
commandedBy Irvin McDowell
component Army of Northeastern Virginia
conflict First Battle of Bull Run
date July 21, 1861
frontLineArea Buck Hill
Chinn Ridge
Dogan Ridge
Henry Hill
Matthews Hill
Robinson House plateau
Stone Bridge
Sudley Ford
linked to: Boteler’s Ford

Warrenton Turnpike
historicalSignificance first major Union battlefront of the American Civil War
includedArtilleryBattery Arnold’s Battery
Carlisle’s Battery
Griffin’s Battery
Ricketts’s Battery
Sherman’s Battery
Tidball’s Battery
includedUnit Heintzelman’s Division
Hunter’s Division
Miles’s Division
Tyler’s Division
initialAdvanceRoute Sudley Ford road
Warrenton Turnpike
locatedIn Virginia
locatedNear Bull Run
Manassas Junction
linked to: Manassas
objective secure Stone Bridge crossings of Bull Run
seize Henry Hill
turn Confederate left flank
opposedTo Confederate Army positions in First Battle of Bull Run
partOf Union Army
reservePositionArea Bladensburg Road near Centreville
Centreville
result eventual withdrawal toward Centreville
side Union
tacticalFeatureUsed high ground on Henry Hill
ridges north of Warrenton Turnpike
wooded cover near Sudley Ford
war American Civil War

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Henry Hill associatedWith Union Army positions in First Battle of Bull Run