AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Trick Question-Only has one name
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The battle moved halfway through due to a tornado
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Each set of forces created a different name
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Southerners called it the Battle of Manassas, after the closest town. Northerners called it Bull Run, after a stream running through the battlefield.
Detailed explanation-2: -The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Manassas, marked the first major land battle of the American Civil War. On July 21, 1861, Union and Confederate armies clashed near Manassas Junction, Virginia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bull Run was the first full-scale battle of the Civil War. The fierce fight there forced both the North and South to face the sobering reality that the war would be long and bloody.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.