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Battle of Bull Run   /bˈætəl əv bʊl rən/   Listen
Battle of Bull Run

noun
1.
Either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles.  Synonym: Bull Run.






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... service of the Confederate States; was appointed Brigadier General and assigned to the post of Charleston. Soon after the fall of Sumter he was made full General, and assigned to a command on the Potomac, and with J.E. Johnston fought the memorable battle of Bull Run. He was second in command at Shiloh with A.S. Johnston, then the "Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida." With J.E. Johnston he commanded the last remnant of a once grand army that surrendered at Greensboro, N.C. He returned to his old home in New Orleans at the close ...
— History of Kershaw's Brigade • D. Augustus Dickert



Words linked to "Battle of Bull Run" :   Virginia, Old Dominion, American Civil War, War between the States, Old Dominion State, VA, pitched battle, United States Civil War, Bull Run



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