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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 November 2024. First major land battle of the American Civil War First Battle of Bull Run Battle of First Manassas Part of the American Civil War Struggle on a Manassas, Virginia bridge during the Union Army's retreat in 1861 depicted in an engraving by William Ridgway based on a drawing by F. O. C ...
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It was the culmination of the Northern Virginia Campaign waged by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia against Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia, and a battle of much larger scale and numbers than the First Battle of Bull Run (or First Manassas) fought on July 21, 1861, on the same ground.
As part of General Barnard Bee's brigade, the 2nd Mississippi fought at the First Battle of Bull Run in July. During this battle, the first major action of the war, the 2nd Regiment acted in support of a cavalry charge made by General J.E.B. Stuart , who wrote: "Just after the cavalry charge our re-enforcements arrived upon the field and formed ...
During the Battle of First Manassas on July 21, 1861, Union commander Irvin McDowell planned to flank the Confederate position along Bull Run, which would bring the fighting extremely close to the vicinity of the Stone House. As the battle progressed, a Confederate force that had taken position on Matthews Hill, north of Stone House, was driven ...
Manassas National Battlefield Park is a unit of the National Park Service located in Prince William County, Virginia, north of Manassas that preserves the site of two major American Civil War battles: the First Battle of Bull Run, also called the Battle of First Manassas, and the Second Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Second Manassas.
The First Battle of Bull Run public domain audiobook at LibriVox; First Manassas Campaign with Official Records and Reports; Map of the Battles of Bull Run Near Manassas. Solomon Bamberger. Zoomable high-resolution map. Newspaper coverage of the First Battle of Bull Run Archived 2011-04-29 at the Wayback Machine; Manassas Civil War 150th ...
Battle of Bull Run (used by the Union) or the Battle of Manassas (used by the Confederacy) may refer to two conflicts during the American Civil War: Battles.