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Major General Irwin McDowell was a Union general, commanding US forces in the first major battle of the war, at First Manassas, where he was defeated by the Confederates under Joe Johnston and PTG Beauregard.
P.G.T. Beauregard
The Union commander was General McDowell. The Confederate commander was General Beuregard.
General Sidney Johnston, killed at that battle. And his second-in-command P.G.T. Beauregard.
battle of bull run
The battle that these two generals fought was the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) on July 21 1861. Beauregard and the Confederates soundly defeated McDowell's Union army.
why are you asking me i asked you! They fought the first pitched battle of the war at Bull Run (Manassas). Credit for the Confederate victory was shared between Joe Johnston and Beauregard. Johnston allowed Beauregard some additional authority because of his greater familiarity with the terrain.
It was a crushing US defeat for General McDowell. Confederate victors were generals Beauregard and J.Johnston. The battle was in the Summer of 1861.
For the Union, Irvin McDowell. For the Confederates, Joseph E. Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard.
Irvin McDowell (Union) Beauregard (C)
Major General Irwin McDowell was a Union general, commanding US forces in the first major battle of the war, at First Manassas, where he was defeated by the Confederates under Joe Johnston and PTG Beauregard.
Union - General Irvin McDowell. Confederate - General Joseph E. Johnston, who ceded some authority to P.G.T. Beauregard, owing to the latter's familiarity with the terrain.
There were two Battles of Bull Run as it was called in the North (or two Battles of Manassas as it was called in the South). In the first battle (1861), General McDowell was the general for the North, and General Beauregard was the general for the South. In the second battle (1862), General Pope was the general for the North, and General Lee was the general for the South.
The Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run was fought by the Army of Northeastern Virginia under Irvin McDowell and the combined Armies of the Potomac (Confederate) and the Shenandoah under Joseph E. Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard. The Battle of Second Mannassas/Bull Run was fought between the Army of Virginia under John Pope and the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee. In the two battle five Generals commanded the field. For the Union Irvin McDowell commanded the first battle while John Pope commanded the second and for he Confederacy Joseph E. Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard commanded the first battle while Robert E. Lee commanded the second.
The commanders for the Confederates were General Joseph E. Johnston and Brigadier General Pierre Beauregard at First Bull Run. The Union army was commanded by Brigadier General Irvin McDowell.
The First Battle of Bull Run / Manassas Junction was in July, 1861.