First Manassas (Bull Run)

Cards (7)

  • Date: July 1861
  • Goal: Union army was trying to capture Richmond and show that the Confederacy has no chance
  • Union leader: McDowell
  • Winner: Confederacy
  • Confederate leader: Beauregard
  • Casualties: 4600
  • Significance: First major battle of the Civil War and Confederacy proved themselves