First Battle of Bull Run

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Prince William, Virginia, United States
Surname/tag: US_Civil_War

The First Battle of Bull Run occurred on 21 July 1861, it was also known as the First Battle of Manassas. It was a Confederate Victory. Each side had 18,000 soldiers engaged in the Battle.

The Union: 481 Soldiers Killed, 1,011 Soldiers Wounded, 1,216 Soldiers missing = 2,708

The Confederate: 387 Soldiers Killed, 1,582 Soldiers Wounded, 13 Soldiers missing = 1,982

Battle of Bull Run--July 21st 1861--Federal (Gen. McDowell) ... Confederate (Gen. Beauregard)

Union Forces

Army of Northeastern Virginia

• Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell, Commanding

1st Division

• Brig. Gen. Daniel Tyler,
• Brig. Gen. Robert C. Schenck,
• Col. Erasmus D. Keyes,
• Col. William T. Sherman,
• Col. Israel B. Richardson

2nd Division

• Col. David Hunter,
• Cols. Andrew Porter
• Ambrose E. Burnside

3rd Division

• Col. Samuel P. Heintzelman,
• Cols. William B. Franklin,
• Orlando B. Willcox,
• Oliver O. Howard

4th Division

• Brig. Gen. Theodore Runyon

5th Division

• Col. Dixon S. Miles,
• Cols. Louis Blenker
• Thomas A. Davies

The Great Battle at Bull Run, VA., on Sunday Afternoon, July 21, Retreat of the Federal Army upon Centreville – Col. Miles’s Reserve Division

Confederate Forces

Army of the Potomac

• Brig. Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard, commanding

1st Brigade

• Brig. Gen. Milledge Luke Bonham

2nd Brigade

• Brig. Gen. Richard S. Ewell

3rd Brigade

• Brig. Gen. David R. Jones

4th Brigade

• Brig. Gen. James Longstreet

5th Brigade

• Col. Philip St. George Cocke

6th Brigade

• Col. Jubal Early

7th Brigade

• Col. Nathan G. Evans

Reserve Brigade

• Brig. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes

Army of the Shenandoah

• Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, commanding

Virginia Cavalry

• Col. James E. B. Stuart

1st Brigade

• commanded by Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson

2nd Brigade

• commanded by Col. Francis S. Bartow (1816-1861)

3rd Brigade

• commanded by Brig. Gen. Barnard E. Bee

4th Brigade

• commanded by Brig. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith

Sources

• Wikipedia: First Battle of Bull Run https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Bull_Run
• Category: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:First_Battle_of_Bull_Run
• Images from Wikimedia: First Battle of Bull's Run: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=first+battle+of+bull+run&title=Special:MediaSearch&go=Go&type=image