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After the battle of First Bullrun in 1861 could the South have marched on Washington?
While historians will continue to argue that question, the South did not leave the battlefield unscathed. Three Brigade commanders from the Army of the Shenandoah were unable to continue the fight: Edmund Kirby Smith was wounded, Francis S. Barton and Barnard Elliot Bee, Jr., were killed. Also, in the fog of war that followed the Union rout a political error may have been made when Jefferson Davis promoted the wrong man on the battlefield. P.G.T. Beauregard was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant General while Stonewall Jackson was ignored. Perhaps it made no real difference at the time, but a different commander just might have pushed the fight into the streets of the Union Capital.
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How many regiments wore federal blue uniforms at first bullrun?
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The goal of the union in this battle was to end the war quickly it resulted in the retreat of the Union forces to Washington DC which battle is this?
The First Battle of Bull Run
World war 2 where was the first battle what was the first battlewhy was there a first battle how was there a first battle?
The first battle for the US was Pearl Harbor.
Hopes on both sides for a quick victory ended with the...?
Hopes on both sides for a quick victroy ended with... The first battle of manasas in northern virginia. The confederates won the battle with the arrival of Jackson's division. However, they did not pursue to Federals to Washington. The lack of a decisive first battle brought about need for a long drawn out war.
Who was the Union commander July first 1863 Battle of Bullrun?
Joe JohnstonAnswerThe Confederate commander at First Bull Run was PGT Beauregard. The Confederate commander at Second Bull Run was Robert E. Lee. With regard to the first answer: First Bull Run swayed back and forth until Joe Johnston's reinforcements arrived by train to finally ensure a Confederate victory. Later, Johnston and Beauregard quarreled about who had won the battle. Technically, Beauregard was the Confederate commander at First Bull Run, but he likely would have lost the battle without Johnston and his army arriving in the nick of time.
