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First Battle of Bull Run
Part of the American Civil War
Cub Run in Centreville, Virginia. View with destroyed bridge.
Date July 21 1861 Location Fairfax County and Prince William County, Virginia Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States of America	Confederate States of America
Commanders and leaders
Irvin McDowell	Joseph E. Johnston P.G.T. Beauregard
Strength
35,000 effectives	32,500 effectives
Casualties and losses
2,896 (460 killed, 1,124 wounded, 1,312 captured/missing)	1,982 (387 killed, 1,582 wounded, 13 missing)

The First Battle of Bull Run (named after the closest body of water), also known as the First Battle of Manassas (named after the closest town), took place on July 21 1861, and was the first major land battle of the American Civil War. Unseasoned Union Army troops under Brigadier General Irvin McDowell advanced against the Confederate Army under Brig. Gens. Joseph E. Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard at Manassas, Virginia, and despite the Union's early successes, they were routed and forced to retreat back to Washington, D.C.

See also

• Manassas National Battlefield Park
• Edward Porter Alexander
• Wilmer McLean
• First Bull Run Confederate order of battle
• First Bull Run Union order of battle
• Manassas, a historical novel from the James Reasoner Civil War Series

References

• National Park Service battle description
• Eicher, David J., The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War, Simon & Schuster, 2001, ISBN 0-684-84944-5.
• Freeman, Douglas S., Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command (3 volumes), Scribners, 1946, ISBN 0-684-85979-3.
• Goldfield, David, et al, The American Journey: A history of the United States, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 1999, ISBN 0-13-088243-7.
• Hankinson, Alan, First Bull Run 1861: The South's First Victory, Osprey Campaign Series #10, Osprey Publishing, 1991, ISBN 1-85532-133-5.
• Livermore, Thomas L., Numbers and Losses in the Civil War in America 1861-65, reprinted with errata, Morninside House, 1986, ISBN 0-527-57600-X.
• McPherson, James M., Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Oxford History of the United States), Oxford University Press, 1988, ISBN 0-19-503863-0.
• Robertson, James I., Jr., Stonewall Jackson: The Man, The Soldier, The Legend, MacMillan Publishing, 1997, ISBN 0-02-864685-1.
• Professor Thaddeus Lowe's Official Report (Part I)

Notes

Further reading

• Davis, William C., Battle at Bull Run, Louisiana State Press, 1977, ISBN 0-8071-0867-7.
• Detzer, David, Donnybrook: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861, Harcourt Inc., 2004, ISBN 0-15-100889-2.

External links

• Manassas National Battlefield Park website
• Harper's Weekly 1861 Report on the Battle of Bull Run
• Civil War Home website on First Bull Run
• Animated History of The First Battle of Bull Run

38°48′53″N 77°31′22″W / 38.81472°N 77.52278°W / 38.81472; -77.52278

• Battles of the Manassas Campaign of the American Civil War
• Confederate victories of the American Civil War