Irish brigade

Irish Brigade

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    Irish Brigade in the !st Battle of Bull Run

  • Fort Sumtet is attacked

  • Confederates move

    During the spring, 35,000 Confederate soldiers led by General Pierre Beauregard move to protect Richmond.
  • Brigadier General Irvin McDowell attacks

     Brigadier General Irvin McDowell  attacks
    President Lincoln commands Brigadier General Irvin McDowell to attack the Confederacy.
  • First two hours

    10,000 Federals pushe 4,500 Rebels across the Warrinton Turnpike.
  • The "Rebel Yell"

    Confederate forces manage to scatter the Union troops, causing mass retreat.
  • Confederate troops disorganized

    Union forces manage to retreat to Washington D.C. It cost the Union 3,000 men, and the Confederacy lost 1,750