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unusual facts about Bull Run


Bull Run Hydroelectric Project

Originally built between 1908 and 1912 near the town of Bull Run, it supplied hydroelectric power for the Portland area for nearly a century, until it was removed in 2007 and 2008.


A. Homer Byington

Byington gained a reputation as a war correspondent when he became the first to deliver news of the outcomes of the battles of Bull Run and Gettysburg.

Adam Marty

As a member of the First Minnesota, Marty fought in early Civil War battles such as Bull Run, Ball's Bluff, and the Peninsula Campaign.

Tim Hugo

Since 2003, Hugo has served in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 40th district, which includes the municipalities of Bull Run, Catharpin, Centerville, Clifton, and Fairfax Station.


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Centreville Military Railroad

The Confederate defense line along Bull Run appeared too strong to Major General George B. McClellan, the Federal officer charged with the responsibility of capturing Richmond after Major General Irvin McDowell had failed in July, 1861.

Irvin McDowell

In 1879, when a Board of Review commissioned by President Rutherford B. Hayes issued its report recommending a pardon for Fitz John Porter, it attributed much of the loss of the Second Battle of Bull Run to McDowell.

U.S. Route 15 in Virginia

The U.S. Highway runs along the east flank of the Bull Run Mountains as it passes James Monroe's estate of Oak Hill just south of the Little River and Oatlands Plantation in the community of Oatlands at its crossing of Goose Creek.

Virginia State Route 234

SR 234 heads north from I-66 as a four-lane divided highway that reduces to two lanes at the entrance to the Manassas Campus of Northern Virginia Community College and enters Manassas National Battlefield Park, site of the First and Second Battles of Bull Run.