Prior to this battle, one commander sent Brigadier Generals David Hunter and Samuel Heintzelman and their divisions over Sudley Springs Ford. Also prior to this engagement, a device demonstrated by Professor Thaddeus S.C. Love was called on to help one side perform reconnaissance efforts. One side's wagon was overturned by artillery fire on Cub Run Creek, and the bridge across that creek was later destroyed. At the end of this battle, blocking the roads of the retreating forces to the north were panicked (*) civilians who had come to watch. A famous statement of the resilience of one man's forces in this battle gave that leader his most recognized nickname; that statement was proclaimed by Bernard Bee. After the poor showing of one side in this engagement, its commander was fired and replaced with George McClellan. For ten points, name th
Prior to this battle, one commander sent Brigadier Generals David Hunter and Samuel Heintzelman and their divisions over Sudley Springs Ford. Also prior to this engagement, a device demonstrated by Professor Thaddeus S.C. Love was called on to help one side perform reconnaissance efforts. One side's wagon was overturned by artillery fire on Cub Run Creek, and the bridge across that creek was later destroyed. At the end of this battle, blocking the roads of the retreating forces to the north were panicked (*) civilians who had come to watch. A famous statement of the resilience of one man's forces in this battle gave that leader his most recognized nickname; that statement was proclaimed by Bernard Bee. After the poor showing of one side in this engagement, its commander was fired and replaced with George McClellan. For ten points, name this battle, a victory of the forces of Joseph E. Johnston, P.G.T Beauregard, and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson over Irvin McDowell in July 1861, the first major battle of the Civil War in northern Virginia.
Prior to this battle, one commander sent Brigadier Generals David Hunter and Samuel Heintzelman and their divisions over Sudley Springs Ford.
The {First} Battle of {Bull Run} or The {First} Battle of {Manassas}