The battle was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, just north of the city of Manassas and about thirty miles west-southwest of Washington, D.C. The confused day of fighting ended with the Union troops in disorganized retreat, which the Southern press quickly dubbed “The Great Skedaddle.” First Manassas (also known as Bull Run) was a sobering glimpse of the long and bloody slog that lay ahead.Ĭhristopher Hamner, an associate professor of history at George Mason University examines the battle from several perspectives: each side’s strategic and political goals the folly of sending inexperienced troops and commanders into combat the tension between civilian and military leaders and the impact First Manassas had on expectations and strategic goals as the Civil War began in earnest.Īfterward, educator Al Gaspar presents a miniature war-game battlefield created to depict the Battle of First Manassas. The First Battle of Bull Run, called the Battle of First Manassas by Confederate forces, was the first major battle of the American Civil War. And it was a rude awakening for people who were anticipating a short and bloodless war. It ended with nearly a thousand soldiers dead and many more wounded. The first large-scale clash of the Civil War near Manassas, Virginia, on July 21, 1861, was fought by two armies of largely untrained volunteers and inexperienced officers.
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