Category: Battle of Balls Bluff
Categories: United States Civil War Conflicts | This Day In History October 21
- Loudoun County, Virginia
- October 21, 1861
- Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac (Union) defeated.
The Battle of Ball's Bluff in Loudoun County, Virginia on October 21, 1861, was one of the early battles of the American Civil War, where Union Army forces under Major General George B. McClellan, suffered a humiliating defeat.
See: Wikipedia: Battle of Ball's Bluff
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