What did the south call the first Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 1

The battle is known as the First Battle of Bull Run as there were two battles in the same area. In the CSA it was known as the Battle of Manassas or First Battle of Manassas.

The battles have different names because generally speaking the South named battles based on a physical location, Manassas, while the North used bodies of water, the Bull Run stream as example.

Answer 2

The first Battle of Bull Run is sometimes called the first Battle of Mananas. The two different names are the result of two different but close locations. Southern troops had positioned themselves near a stream called Bull Run. The object of the Union attack was to be first the rail head at Mananas, a place on the way to the Confederate capital of Richmond.

The Union never reached either place as the battle took place closer to Bull Run which was 25 miles south of Washington DC and 75 miles north of Richmond.

Answer 3

The South often used names of locations for battle names, thus the location of Manassas, a place of a rail head. The North most often used waterway names, thus the stream of Bull Run. The same thing for Antietam, a creek. For the South it was the battle of Sharpsburg, a nearby town.

Answer 4

It was called the Battle of Manassas by the Confederacy.

Answer 5

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