USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865

THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Technically, who won the battle?
A
Union
B
Confederate
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -After four bloody years of conflict, the United States defeated the Confederate States. In the end, the states that were in rebellion were readmitted to the United States, and the institution of slavery was abolished nation-wide.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The South, also known as the Confederacy, won 10 of the 23 major battles throughout the 4 years of the war from 1861 to 1865. Also, three battles were considered a draw. Though the North won in the end, the Confederacy won about the same number of major battles.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Union won the American Civil War. The war effectively ended in April 1865 when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Learn more about the Battle of Chickamauga, the Confederacy’s greatest victory in the West. Fact #1: Chickamauga was the largest Confederate victory in the Western theater.

Detailed explanation-5: -How it ended. Union victory. Gettysburg ended Confederate general Robert E. Lee’s ambitious second quest to invade the North and bring the Civil War to a swift end. The loss there dashed the hopes of the Confederate States of America to become an independent nation.

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