Because it was the first pitched battle of the war, and the Washington civilians still thought it would be a romantic, theatrical pageant with no bloodshed.
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Yes, there were black or African American soldiers in the Confederate ranks during the Battle of Bull Run. There were also black slaves who helped with supplies for the soldiers.
Yes. Chiefs Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse led their soldiers into the Battle of the Bighorn.
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He drove the Union soldiers out of Northern Virginia.
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People thought that the Battle of Bull Run would be fun to watch, so they took picnic baskets and set up blankets to watch all of the action between the union confederate soldiers!:)
The number of Confederate soldiers engaged in the 1861 First Battle of Bull Run were 32,000 men. PT Beauregard commanded 22,000 troops and was reinforced with General Johnston's 10,000 troops.
The first battle of Bull Run - July 1861 - 460 Union/387 Confederate soldiers were killed, 1124 Union/1582 Confederate were wounded. The second battle of Bull Run - August 1862 - Union casualtieswere approximately 10,000 Union soldiers were killed or wounded out of 62,000, and 1300 killed - 7,000 wounded out of 50,000 Confederate soldiers.
Each side had over 32000 men.
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