It showed both sides the war wasn't going to be short and it would be bloody. The battle was held on a Sunday afternoon and people treated it like a event to watch. After church families took picnic baskets out to watch the battle, but they soon ran for their lives. Battles move and the armies were not ready for the awful nature of war. Many of the men threw down weapons and ran.
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The battle of First Bull Run made both parties aware that they were going to fight a long lasting conflict, which would commit their whole human, industrial and economic resources.
The First Battle of the Bull Run was also called the First Manassas.
The First Battle Of Bull Run
First Bull Run - Irvin McDowell Second Bull Run - John Pope
First Bull Run - Irvin McDowell Second Bull Run - John Pope
First Bull Run, July 21st 1861. Second Bull Run, August 29th 1862.
The First Battle of Manassas as it was known in the South, or First Battle of Bull Run in the North.
The military victor of the South's victory at the first battle of Bull Run was Stonewall Jackson. Both Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis saw the threat to the rail hub at Mananas and recognized the importance of having the battle take place with the Union at the stream called Bull Run.
The first battle of bull run Was in July 1861
First Battle of Bull Run - 32-34,000 Second Battle of Bull Run - 50,000