First Bull Run - Irvin McDowell
Second Bull Run - John Pope
General John Pope.
The Union commander was General McDowell. The Confederate commander was General Beuregard.
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.
Brigadier General Irvin McDowell
Irvin McDowell
First Bull Run - Irvin McDowell Second Bull Run - John Pope
For the First Bull Run, the Union commander was Major General Irvin McDowell. For the Second Bull Run, Major General John Pope led the Union armies.
At the First Battle of Bull Run, Southern forces were led by generals Beauregard and Johnston. At the Second Battle of Bull Run, the commanding officer of all Southern forces was General Robert E. Lee.
George McLellan
The Confederates (The South) won both the battles of Bull Run (or Manassas, as the South likes to call them.)The first was won by Joseph E. Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard, over the Union commander Irvin McDowell.The second was won by Robert E. Lee and T.J. ("Stonewall") Jackson, over the Union commander John Pope.The Confederates - both times.
On the field it was Irwin McDowell.
A Union victory was expected at the first Battle of Bull Run. It was indeed a shock to have suffered a defeat.