BATTLE OF FIRST MANASSAS (2/2)

...Though outnumbered, the Southern soldiers gave them hell. When the Union's attacks threatened to break the line, Brigadier General Thomas J. Jackson and his Virginians held firm on the local Henry House Hill. General Bee shouted, "There is Jackson standing like a stone wall!", earning him the nickname “Stonewall”.

The Confederacy launched a fierce counterattack. The Yankee lines shattered, turning into a panicked rout as frightened Union troops fled back to Washington, abandoning weapons and equipment. Their fear was so intense that 1,312 Union soldiers went missing after the battle ended.

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