Battle of Ball's Bluff

When

21 Oct 1861

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

39.13° N, 77.53° W

Description

1861 battle of the American Civil War

1861 battle of the American Civil War

The Battle of Ball's Bluff was an early battle of the American Civil War fought in Loudoun County, Virginia, on October 21, 1861, in which Union Army forces under Major General George B. McClellan suffered a humiliating defeat.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “American Civil War: Battle of Ball's Bluff – Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops, in the second major battle of the war”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Im Gefecht bei Balls Bluff besiegen die Südstaaten die Nordstaaten”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire des Confédérés à la bataille de Ball's Bluff”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “南北戦争: ボールズブラフの戦い”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• American Civil War12 Apr 1861 · Civil war