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Northern troops tended to name battles after physical landmarks, like rivers, streams and mountains. Southerners named them after nearby towns, hence:

Union- Bull Run

A creek on the battlefield

South-Manassas

Nearby town

Another was Antietam, called Sharpsburg by the South.

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