It was the first major battle of the Civil War, fought at a railroad junction in northerner Virginia on July 21, 1861. The Union suffered a sobering defeat, while the Confederates felt affirmed in their superiority and the inevitability of COnfederate nationhood. By Civil War standards, the casualties were light with 2000 Confederates and 1600 Federals. The significance of the battle was the lessons that both sides drew from the battle. 4 days after the disaster, Lincoln enlisted 1 million men for 3 years and appointed George B. McClellan as the new general and appointed him commander of the Army of the Potomac

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