Bull Run Battle Facts and Summary - American Battlefield Trust
WEBBull Run was the first full-scale battle of the Civil War. The fierce fight there forced both the North and South to face the sobering reality that the war would be long and bloody. How it ended. Confederate victory.
First Battle of Bull Run ‑ Dates, Location & Who Won - HISTORY
WEBApr 1, 2011 · On July 21, 1861, Union and Confederate armies clashed near Manassas Junction, Virginia. The engagement began when about 35,000 Union troops marched from the federal capital in Washington,...
The Battle of Bull Run: The End of Illusions | Smithsonian
WEBBull Run—or Manassas, as Southerners call it, preferring to name Civil War battles for towns instead of watercourses—was a fierce battle, but not huge compared with those to come later.
First Battle of Bull Run - Wikipedia
WEBThe First Battle of Bull Run, called the Battle of First Manassas [1] by Confederate forces, was the first major battle of the American Civil War. The battle was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, just north of what is now the city of Manassas and about thirty miles west-southwest of Washington, D.C.
Remembering the First Battle of Bull Run - HISTORY
WEBJul 21, 2016 · The battle began around 5:30 a.m. on July 21, when the first Union artillery shells went screaming across Bull Run. While Tyler distracted the rebel positions near the stone bridge,...
First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) - Encyclopedia Virginia
WEBJul 19, 2023 · The First Battle of Manassas, or Bull Run, fought on July 21, 1861, was the first major battle of the American Civil War (1861–1865).
First Manassas: The Battle of Bull Run - Warfare History Network
WEBOn March 4, 1861, with war clouds threatening the land, Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated the 16th president of the United States. Then on April 12 Fort Sumter was fired upon, and the Southern Confederacy declared its independence. The war clouds had indeed burst.
Bull Run - American Battlefield Trust
WEBThough the Civil War began when Confederate troops shelled Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, the fighting didn’t begin in earnest until the Battle of Bull Run, fought in Virginia just miles from Washington DC, on July 21, 1861.
Battle Of Bull Run - HistoryNet
WEBThe First Battle of Bull Run (or First Manassas) had ended with a surprising Confederate victory and a humiliating Union flight. Eventually, however, most of the Marines managed to return to Washington.
First Battle of Bull Run | Summary, Casualties, & Facts
WEBFirst Battle of Bull Run, (July 21, 1861), in the American Civil War, the first of two engagements fought at a small stream named Bull Run, near Manassas in northern Virginia.