Battle of Ball's Bluff
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The Battle of Ball's Bluff was an early battle of the American Civil War fought in Loudoun County, Virginia, on October 21, 1861, in which Union Army forces under Major General George B. McClellan suf
Depiction of Ball's Bluff by Alfred W. Thompson
Nathan George Evans
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Nathan George Evans was an American military officer who served in the United States Army before becoming a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Battle of Ball's Bluff
…Virginia, twelve miles southeast of Leesburg, in order to discover the purpose of recent Confederate troop movements which indicated that Colonel Nathan "Shanks" Evans might have abandoned Leesburg. Evans had, in fact, left the town on October 16–17, but had done so on his own authority. When Confederate Brigadier…
Nathan George Evans