Veterans prove mettle at First Manassas.(TRAVEL)(THE CIVIL WAR)

The Washington Times | December 11, 2004 | Copyright

Byline: Darrell Cochran and Gregory Kostka, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

When Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell's Union forces attacked Confederates under Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard near Manassas on July 21, 1861, the infantry on both sides was considered green and amateur. However, one small part of McDowell's army was somewhat less green than the others: the battalion of U.S. Regular Army infantry.

This battalion of eight companies - two from the 2nd Infantry, five from the 3rd Infantry (the "Old Guard" of today's U.S. Army) and one from the 8th Infantry - ...

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