Northerners, who believed they had the moral high ground, had expected a quick and easy win over the south, now knew it would be anything but that after the Battle of Bull Run. While they didnâ??t think they would lose the war, they dug their heels in for what would be a very long, difficult and drawn out war.
NovaNet answer: victory would be hard to achieve That any idea of this being an easy war shoule be forgotten.
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Most Northerners were surprised at the outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run. The commonplace idea in the North was that a "US Army" would easily defeat a "rebel army". The Northern loss in that battle was shocking to the North. They had no reason to believe the Southerners could win.
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Most Northerners were surprised at the outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run. The commonplace idea in the North was that a "US Army" would easily defeat a "rebel army". The Northern loss in that battle was shocking to the North. They had no reason to believe the Southerners could win.
First Battle of Bull Run - 32-34,000 Second Battle of Bull Run - 50,000
Most Northerners were surprised at the outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run. The commonplace idea in the North was that a "US Army" would easily defeat a "rebel army". The Northern loss in that battle was shocking to the North. They had no reason to believe the Southerners could win.
30,000
At the Battle of First Bull Run 1,011 Federals and 1,582 Confederates were wounded.
about 2,000
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About 60,000.