USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN

[SOURCES]
Who led the Union troops in both The First Battle of Bull Run and the Second Battle of Bull Run?

(A) Andrew Jackson

(B) ** John Pope

(C) Stonewall Jackson

(D) McClellan

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -As a large Union force commanded by John Pope waited for George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac in anticipation of a combined offensive, Confederate General Robert E. Lee decided to strike first. Lee sent half of his Army of Northern Virginia to hit the Federal supply base at Manassas.

Concept note-2: -On July 21, 1861, in the first major land battle of the Civil War, a large Union force under General Irvin McDowell is routed by a Confederate army under General Pierre G.T. Beauregard.