Lee had dared to divide his army in the presence of the enemy, sending half of them on a long trek to capture the Union supply-base, and the Union commander, John Pope, was completely wrong-footed as to who had gone where.
The reason for the battle of Shiloh was to stop trade so the south would surrender.
Second Bull Run. The south called it Second Manassas.
(First or Second) Manassas .
The Union commander for the Second Battle of Bull Run (referred to as the Second Battle of Manassas in the South) was Major General John Pope.
The South won both Battles of Bull Run.
The South called the battles of Bull Run: First and Second Manassas.
Fort Sumter, South Carolina was the first. The second battle was the Battle of Bull Run.
The South won the Second Battle of Bull Run, as it had won the First Battle of Bull Run. Although the North won the war, the South actually won the majority of battles.
It was named that by the North for its proximity to the Bull Run River. In the South it was called the Battle of Manassas for its proximity to Manassas Junction. There were actually two battles in 1861 and 1862; First and Second Bull Run in the North, and First and Second Manassas in the South.
It Was The Second Battle Of The Bull Run Territory
Southern Historians generally refer to the second battle of Bull Run as the Second Battle of Manassas. Generally, Southern Historians named battles after place names and Union Historians named battles after Rivers or bodies of water. Manassas was a village. Bull Run was a stream.
It was a great victory for the Confederates. It was the most decisive battle in the North Virginia campaign for the Southerners