Civil War Battlefields - Battle of Manassas Bull Run
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Details of the battles of 1st and 2nd Manassas or Bull Run can be found easily on the web - many borrow extensively from each other. My intent here is to summarize the battles involved, and provide both period maps and modern images of the battlefields.
Manassas Campaign [July 1861]
Battle
| Other name
| Location
| Date
| USA
| CSA
| Forces
| Casualties
| Results
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hoke's Run
| Falling Waters, Hainesville
| Berkeley County, VA
| July 2, 1861
| Maj. Gen. Robert Patterson
| Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson
| brigades
| US 23; CS 91
| |
Blackburn's Ford
| Bull Run
| Prince William County and Fairfax County, VA
| July 18, 1861
| Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell
| Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard
| brigades
| US 83; CS 68
| Confederate victory
|
1st Manassas
| First Bull Run
| Prince William County and Fairfax County, VA
| July 21, 1861
| Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell
| Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard & Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston
| US 28,450; CS 32,230
| 4,700 total (US 2,950; CS 1,750)
| Confederate victory
|
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Battle
| Other name
| Location
| Date
| USA
| CSA
| Forces
| Casualties
| Result
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cedar Mountain
| Slaughter's Mountain, Cedar Run
| Culpeper County , VA
| August 9, 1862
| Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks
| Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson
| US 8,030; CS 16,868
| US 1,400; CS 1,307
| Confederate victory
|
Rappahannock Station
| Waterloo Bridge, White Sulphur Springs, Lee Springs, Freeman's Ford
| Culpeper County and Fauquier County, VA
| August 22-25, 1862
| Maj. Gen. John Pope
| Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson
| Brigades
| 225 total
| Inconclusive
|
Manassas Station Operations
| Bristoe Station, Kettle Run, Bull Run Bridge, Union Mills
| Prince William County , VA
| August 25-27,1862
| Brig. Gen. G.W. Taylor
| Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson
| Divisions
| 1100 total
| Confederate victory
|
Thoroughfare Gap
| Chapman's Mill
| Fauquier County and Prince William County, VA
| August 28, 1862
| Brig. Gen. James Ricketts
| Lt. Gen. James Longstreet
| Divisions
| 100 total
| Confederate victory
|
2nd Manassas
| Second Bull Run, Manassas Plains, Groveton, Gainesville, Brawner's Farm
| Prince William County , VA
| August 28-30, 1862
| Maj. Gen. John Pope
| Gen. Robert E. Lee and Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson
| Armies
| US 13,830; CS 8,350
| Confederate victory
|
Chantilly
| Ox Hill
| Fairfax County, VA
| September 1, 1862
| Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny and Maj. Gen. Isaac Stevens
| Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson
| Divisions
| US 1,300; CS 800
| Inconclusive (Confederate strategic victory.)
|
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badegg Level 2 Commenter 3 months ago
Very Informative article! You seem to know your stuff!