Union Army positions in First Battle of Bull Run

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military formation order of battle element

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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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military formation ⓘ
order of battle element ⓘ
artilleryDeployedAt Chinn Ridge ⓘ
Dogan Ridge ⓘ
surface form: Dogans Ridge

Henry Hill ⓘ
near Stone Bridge ⓘ
commandedBy Irvin McDowell ⓘ
component Union Army of Northeastern Virginia ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Boteler’s Ford ⓘ
surface form: Sudley 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 ⓘ
surface form: Manassas Junction
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 ⓘ