First Battle of Bull Run

During the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, Confederate General Joseph Johnston played a crucial role by reinforcing General P.G.T. Beauregard's troops. Arriving on the battlefield with approximately 9,000 additional soldiers from the Shenandoah Valley, Johnston's timely arrival helped turn the tide in favor of the Confederates. His leadership contributed to the Confederate victory, marking a significant early battle in the American Civil War. The defeat for Union forces highlighted the challenges they faced in the conflict ahead.

Both battles of Bull Run were Confederate victories. Both battles were basically in the same place in Virginia.

The first significant battle of the US Civil War was the Confederate victory at the Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861. US President Lincoln had to realize that the Union army was ill prepared to win the battle not to even mention able to capture Richmond. Richmond became an obsession with Lincoln for the next several years as even a sophisticated and large Union army could not capture the Confederate capital a mere 100 miles south of Washington DC.

In speaking about the First Battle of Bull Run, the Confederates won. The battle was near the railway junction of Manassas. Each army was unprepared for battle and the South could have lost as well. The armies had no real seasoned troops.

The civil war took place from 1861 to 1865.

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Bull Run, also known as the Occoquan River

It became clear that the war would last for a long time.

A Union victory was expected at the first Battle of Bull Run. It was indeed a shock to have suffered a defeat.

because the north and south were fighting over slaves vs no slaves

Manassas Junction, VA {ya heard mi}

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Irvin McDowell led the Union and Joseph E. Johnston along with P.G.T Beauregard, led the Confederacy. The Union only 28,000- 35,000 men while the Confederacy had 32,000-34,000 men.

2896 was the number of men that Irvin lost and 1982 is the men that Johnston and Beauregard lost.

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No real advantages. The armies didn't have uniforms and the men on both sides weren't prepared for the blood, death, and carnage of battle. Men literally threw their guns down and ran.

The South lost almost as many men as did the Union, so they gained a respect for their foe's fighting ability.

Bull Run was a little stream near Manassas, Virginia.

The first Battle of Bull Run took place near the stream by the same name and near the rail hub at Manassas, Virginia. Each side was unprepared for this battle which happened to be the largest one up to that time in North America. The Confederates won the battle to the surprise of the North, however, the South had always believed it could "whip the Yankees ". The battle was won by the South because they used the railroads between the two Southern armies in Virginia. The tactic they used successfully was called "interior lines" What this was was transporting the forces under General Johnston via rail and creating a concentrated force against the army led by Union General McDowell.

The Battle of Vicksburg.

Also known as the First Battle of Manassas. It was the first major land battle of the civil war. A Confederate victory. The northern public was surprised, because they thought it would be an easy victory, which led both sides to the conclusion that this was going to be a more brutal and longer lasting war then they thought. On the Union side, 90 day men reenlisted and volunteering picked up. It is where Colonel Thomas J. Jackson earned the nickname "Stonewall".

It was a crushing US defeat for General McDowell. Confederate victors were generals Beauregard and J.Johnston. The battle was in the Summer of 1861.

I should think that people on both sides were disillusioned from their belief that it would be a quick and easy war.

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victory would be hard to achieve

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Generals Winfield Scott and Irving McDowell opposed the plan to invade Virginia, defeat any Confederate forces and capture Richmond. General Scott opposed the plan because he believed such a battle would end any Unionism that still existed in the South. General McDowell informed President Lincoln that he did not believe he could defeat both Confederate armies waiting for the Union attack. He also believed that the troops under the command of General Paterson were to far apart to reinforce each other. These issues were discussed at the White House in late June of 1861.