Confederate Army positions in First Battle of Bull Run

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military deployment order of battle element

Confederate Army positions in the First Battle of Bull Run were the strategically arranged defensive and offensive lines, notably around key terrain such as Henry Hill, that enabled Confederate forces to repel Union attacks and secure their early Civil War victory.

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Label	Occurrences
Confederate Army positions in First Battle of Bull Run canonical	2
Confederate Army (for encampment and headquarters near Manassas)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military deployment ⓘ order of battle element ⓘ
associatedCommander	Barnard Bee ⓘ Francis S. Bartow ⓘ J.E.B. Stuart ⓘ surface form: J. E. B. Stuart Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard Stonewall Jackson ⓘ surface form: Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson Wade Hampton III ⓘ
conflict	First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ
date	1861-07-21 ⓘ
defensiveLineAlong	Bull Run stream ⓘ
engagedOpponent	Union Army of Northeastern Virginia positions ⓘ
frontLineArea	Bull Run ⓘ
includedArtilleryPosition	Confederate batteries covering Stone Bridge ⓘ Confederate batteries near the Stone House ⓘ Confederate batteries on Henry House Hill ⓘ
includedBrigadePosition	Barnard Bee’s brigade near Henry House Hill ⓘ Francis S. Bartow’s brigade near Henry House Hill ⓘ Thomas J. Jackson’s brigade on Henry House Hill ⓘ Wade Hampton’s Legion supporting Henry House Hill ⓘ
includedCavalryPosition	Cavalry screening on the flanks of the Bull Run line ⓘ J. E. B. Stuart’s cavalry near Henry House Hill ⓘ
includedUnit	Army of the Potomac (Confederate) ⓘ Army of the Shenandoah (Confederate) ⓘ
initiallyCommandedBy	Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard
keyTerrain	Blackburn’s Ford ⓘ Henry House Hill ⓘ Matthews Hill ⓘ Boteler’s Ford ⓘ surface form: Mitchell’s Ford Stone Bridge ⓘ Sudley Ford ⓘ Union Mills Ford ⓘ
locatedIn	Fairfax County, Virginia ⓘ Prince William County, Virginia ⓘ
locatedNear	Manassas ⓘ surface form: Manassas Junction
militaryBranch	Confederate States Army ⓘ
notableFeature	concentration of Confederate brigades on Henry House Hill in afternoon phase ⓘ use of interior lines between Henry House Hill and other fords ⓘ
overallCommandCoordinationWith	Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ surface form: Confederate States Army operations in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
reinforcedBy	Confederate troops arriving from the Shenandoah Valley by rail ⓘ
resultContribution	Confederate victory at First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ
strategicPurpose	block Union advance toward Richmond ⓘ defend approaches to Manassas Junction ⓘ
tacticalPurpose	anchor defensive line on natural obstacles such as Bull Run ⓘ enable counterattacks against exposed Union flanks ⓘ use high ground of Henry House Hill for artillery dominance ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Hill → associatedWith → Confederate Army positions in First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ

Union Army positions in First Battle of Bull Run → opposedTo → Confederate Army positions in First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ

Wilmer McLean → usedBy → Confederate Army positions in First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate Army (for encampment and headquarters near Manassas)