Battle Overview
What year did the First Battle of Bull Run take place?
When is 1861?
Who was the Union General in charge of attacking Manassas Junction?
Who is Irvin McDowell?
What was the primary strategy used by the Confederates at Bull Run?
What is using "interior lines" to defend a central vicinity?
What weaknesses were exposed in the Confederate army after the Battle of Bull Run?
What are the problems with discipline, organization, and training?
Where did the Battle of Bull Run take place?
What is Virginia?
Who witnessed the battle from a distance?
Who is Union citizens from Washington D.C.?
What technology was first widely used by both sides during this battle?
What is railroads?
How did the battle affect Northern public opinion about the war?
What is the heightened realization that the war would be longer and more brutal than expected?
What was the outcome of the battle?
What is a Confederate victory?
Who was the Confederate soldier that was given the nickname “Stonewall”?
Who is Thomas J. Jackson?
What did the Union forces initially aim to do at Bull Run?
What is to defeat the forces at Manassas Junction to march into Richmond, Virginia?
What did the defeat at Bull Run lead to for the Union Army?
What is a reorganization and change in leadership?
What was the significance of the battle in the context of the Civil War?
What is it marked the first major battle of the Civil War?
Who was the president of the Confederate states?
Who is President Jefferson Davis?
What technology did the Union army use to spy on the Confederate army?
What is hot air balloons?
Where did the Union Army retreat to after having been defeated?
Where is Washington D.C.?
What is another name for the First Battle of Bull Run?
Battle of Manassas
Who was the first major Union general to be defeated in the battle?
Who is Irvin McDowell?
What is the Union Army Balloon Corps?
What is a branch of the Union army that flew hot air balloons to spy on the Confederate Army?
In the Union forces who replaced General Irvin McDowell after being defeated at the first battle?
Who is Major General George B. McClellan?