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What battle ended the North's hopes for a short war and was also a Union defeat?
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The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as First Manassas was the first significant land battle of the American Civil War. The intention was to quickly capture the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virgina. Union forces had expected to rout the Confederate forces but were, instead, forced to flee in disarray.
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∙ 13y agoFirst Bull Run (Manassas).
It was the first pitched battle of the war, and it demonstrated that both sides were unprepared for combat.
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