That their armies were not ready to go out on operations.
The Yankees are the North. The Confederates won the Battle of Bull Run.
They learnt the war would be a long lasting one.
The Battle of Bull Run .
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.
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Union (The North) forces called the Battle of Manassas the Battle of Bull Run .
The First Battle of Manassas as it was known in the South, or First Battle of Bull Run in the North.
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they fought thier first battle at Bull Run in 1861. their sacond battle at Bull Run took place in 1862
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There was no battle at Washington, DC. The closest battle was Bull Run at Manassas, VA. At the First battle of Bull Run, Federal troops retreated to Washington.