U.S. Civil War History
1861 - Union troops suffered a defeat at the Battle of Ball's Bluff. It was the second major engagement of the war. Colonel Edward Baker was killed in the battle becoming the first martyr of the war.
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| "You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors." - U.S. President Lincoln in his inauguration address on March 4, 1861. |