Template:On this day/July 21
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- 1861 – The first of the wounded arrived by train within hours of the First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run). During the Civil War, the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, the Charlottesville town hall and the courthouse, as well as nearby homes and hotels were converted into a makeshift hospital complex called the Charlottesville General Hospital. It treated more than 22,000 wounded soldiers between 1861 and 1865. One of the facilities, known as the Mudwall or Delevan Hospital, received wounded soldiers as they arrived at the adjacent railroad depot.
- 1876 – Memorial Services commemorating the first battle of Manassas were held in Charlottesville by the 19th Virginia Regiment.
- 2009 – City Council votes, 5-0, to proceed with the Downtown Mall renovation project, despite a $7.5 million estimate and a shrinking project scope.
- 2019 – Native American anthropologist Karenne Wood died.