. Young people's history of Virginia and Virginians . Big Bethel.—The first battlewhich occurred in Virginia wasfought at Big Bethel, on the Pe-ninsula, June 10, 1861, where 1,000Confederates, under General JohnB. Magruder, were attacked by3,000 Federals, belonging to thearmy of General B. F. Butler,commanding at Fortress Federals were repulsed with aloss of seventy-six men. The Con-federate loss was one killed andseven wounded. First Battle of Manassas.—Gen-eral Joseph E. Johnston was hold- ing Pattersons greater armv in THE BATTLE-FLAGOF THE CONFEDERACY check when he found that Mc
. Young people's history of Virginia and Virginians . Big Bethel.—The first battlewhich occurred in Virginia wasfought at Big Bethel, on the Pe-ninsula, June 10, 1861, where 1,000Confederates, under General JohnB. Magruder, were attacked by3,000 Federals, belonging to thearmy of General B. F. Butler,commanding at Fortress Federals were repulsed with aloss of seventy-six men. The Con-federate loss was one killed andseven wounded. First Battle of Manassas.—Gen-eral Joseph E. Johnston was hold- ing Pattersons greater armv in THE BATTLE-FLAGOF THE CONFEDERACY check when he found that Mc-Dowell, with 50,000 men, was advancing to attackBeauregard at Manassas Junction. Mak-ing a feint attack upon Patterson, John-ston joined his forces to Beauregards,which were already engaged with theenemy, and fell upon McDowell July 21,1861, routing his great army, and driv-ing it in panic to Washington city. Thewhole Confederate army in this battlenumbered 30,000 men. Adrance of McClellan.—McClellan succeeded McDowell in. JOHN B. MAGRUDER
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