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On July 21, 1861, at 6:30 a.m., the 4th South Carolina Infantry of the 7th Brigade under Evans, in Beauregard's Army of the Potomac, CSA, was posted nearest the Warrenton Turnpike by the hill overlooking the Stone Bridge. According to Pvt. Jesse W. Reid, just before day on Sunday morning they heard the enemy approaching, gave the alarm, quickly formed in line of battle, and soon came under the first cannon fire as regular firing began.
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