The right wing of Union Army would have outflanked the Confederate's left flank, falling in the rear of the enemy.
A secondary attack against the Stone bridge would have secured a second way of advance.
An energetic feint against the bulk of the Confederate Army deployed near Manassas Junction on the bank of Bull Run, would have carried on in the most credible way in order to fix the Confederates on their position and prevent them from sending reinforcements to their left wing.
The Union Commanders was Scott. He formulated the Anaconda Plan.
I am pretty sure it was Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
I believe it was the anaconda plan.
I am pretty sure it was Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
Operation Barbarossa was the German attack plan for the attack on the Soviet Union.
US civil war
The Confederates won The Battle of Bull Run because the Union plan was too complicated and General Burnside's army could not get a move on. With a little over half of the Union Army involved in the fighting and the center of the Union Army basically uninvolved, The Confederate army could regroup and attack one army at a time. The Confederate Army did not need to be larger than the entire Union Army. It only needed to be larger than the part that was attacking.
The Union troops under the command of Major General George B. McClellan were divided into two separate forces. Colonel Benjamin F. Kelly led 1,600 troops and Colonel Ebenezer Dumont led 1,400 men. The plan was to create a pincher attack on Philippi.
Albany Plan of Union
The Union were not expecting a battle, and had no plan for one. The Confederate attack under Sidney Johnston nearly succeeded in pushing the whole Union army into the Tennessee River, but Johnston was killed and Union reinforcements arrived just in time.
Controlling the Mississippi was an important part of the Anaconda Plan. It allowed the Union freedom of movement and freedom from attack in the rear.
The tactical plan of battle that General McDowell planned to use at the first Battle of Bull Run was one called a "turning" maneuver. The idea was to use part of his forces in an attempt to outflank the Confederate forces. This plan was approved by General Winfield Scott.