the union's forces won the first and second battle of bull run.
the union's forces won the first and second battle of bull run.
who won the first and second battle of bull run?
the union's forces
on the evening of august 26, after passing around pope's right flank via thoroughfare gap, jackson's wing of the army struck the orange & alexandria railroad at bristoe station and before daybreak august 27 marched to capture and destroy the massive union supply depot at manassas junction. this surprise movement forced pope into an abrupt retreat from his defensive line along the rappahannock. during the night of august 27–28, jackson marched his divisions north to the first bull run (manassas) battlefield, where he took position behind an unfinished railroad grade below stony ridge. the defensive position was a good one. the heavy woods allowed the confederates to conceal themselves, while maintaining good observation points of the warrenton turnpike, the likely avenue of union movement, only a few hundred yards to the south. there were good approach roads for longstreet to join jackson, or for jackson to retreat to the bull run mountains if he could not be reinforced in time. finally, the unfinished railroad grade offered cuts and fills that could be used as ready-made entrenchments.
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bull run or bullrun may refer to:









































section::::military.









































bullet::::- first battle of bull run (first manassas), 1861, the first major battle of the american civil war









































bullet::::- second battle of bull run (second manassas), 1862, a later battle also at bull run









































bullet::::- operation bull run, a military operation of the iraq war and part of operation marne torch









































bullet::::- bullrun (decryption program), a secret anti-encryption program run by the us national security agency (nsa)









































bullet::::- usns "bull run" (t-ao-156), an oil tanker









































section::::places in the united states.









































section::::places in the united states.:virginia.
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