July 18, 1861
A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1
- First Battle of Bull Run2: an engagement took place at Blackford’s Ford, Bull Run, between Union troops under Gen. Tyler and the rebels
under Beauregard. Gen. Tyler fell back to Centreville.
- A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863
- Actually, Battle of Blackburn’s Ford, a prelude to Bull Run