✦ History

Part of American Civil War

Battle of Blackburn's Ford

July 18, 1861 · Prince William County

Result Confederate victory

Confederate troops stopped a Union probe at a ford on Bull Run. The fight came three days before the First Battle of Bull Run.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
Irvin McDowell military commander Daniel Tyler military commander Israel Bush Richardson military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 3,000c. 7,000
Casualties
8383
Killed
19
Wounded
38
Missing
26
Strength
c. 7,000
Casualties
68

Also involved 1