I'm pretty sure that it proved that the war would be hard and last longer than what was previously expected
that would be called the civil war but there were wars earlier in time where they were frontliners
That this was not going to be a short and glorious war.
Their attitudes about war were very similar - the Civil War would be short, glorious and a victory for their own side. This battle proved them wrong.
Many families from Washington came out to picnic at Manassas, hoping to watch the fighting. They got in the way when the battle turned into a rout.
I'm pretty sure that it proved that the war would be hard and last longer than what was previously expected
the first bull run
that would be called the civil war but there were wars earlier in time where they were frontliners
That this was not going to be a short and glorious war.
It proved that this would not be a short, bloodless war. The relatively low casualties shocked both sides.
Their attitudes about war were very similar - the Civil War would be short, glorious and a victory for their own side. This battle proved them wrong.
At the first battle of Bull Run, in the American Civil War, gentlemen and ladies from the city came out with picnic baskets and lunches to watch the fighting. They thought it would be a quick Union victory, not the horrific bloodshed that it was.
Many families from Washington came out to picnic at Manassas, hoping to watch the fighting. They got in the way when the battle turned into a rout.
The battle of Bunker Hill was so important because it proved to the British, that the colonists could fight. On the other hand it told the colonist that the war would be hard to put up with.
The Battle of Midway, was a decisive turning point in the WW2 in Asia, and proved costly to Japan.
In some ways. It proved that the South could not win when it came to fight on northern land. If the South couldn't win in the North then they could not win the war.
The battle of Saratoga.