Manassas Campaign

E171954

The Manassas Campaign was the early American Civil War operation in northern Virginia that culminated in the First Battle of Bull Run, marking the war’s first major land engagement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownFor early test of untrained volunteer armies ⓘ
associatedWith Army of Northeastern Virginia ⓘ
Army of the Shenandoah ⓘ
Confederate Army of the Potomac ⓘ
campaignType offensive Union campaign ⓘ
chronologicalPosition first major land campaign of the American Civil War ⓘ
combatantConfederate Confederate States of America ⓘ
combatantUnion United States of America ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culminatedIn First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ
First Battle of Manassas ⓘ
defensiveRole Confederate defense of northern Virginia ⓘ
endDate 1861-07-22 ⓘ
followedBy Union and Confederate reorganization after First Bull Run ⓘ
frontLineCity Manassas, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Manassas
historicalPeriod 1861 in the American Civil War ⓘ
location northern Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Northern Virginia
militaryDomain land warfare ⓘ
nearbyCity Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableCommander Irvin McDowell ⓘ
Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ
notableConsequence boosted Confederate morale ⓘ
dispelled illusions of a short war ⓘ
led to increased military mobilization in the North ⓘ
notableFeature first large-scale clash of volunteer armies in the war ⓘ
objective Union advance on Manassas Junction ⓘ
opposingForce Confederate Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
partOf Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Union mobilization in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
preparationInvolved Confederate concentration at Manassas Junction ⓘ
Union training around Washington, D.C. ⓘ
primaryEngagement First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ
primaryFront Virginia ⓘ
reinforcedBy Army of the Shenandoah under Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
relatedRailroad Manassas Gap Railroad ⓘ
Orange and Alexandria Railroad ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
startDate 1861-07-16 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of rail junction at Manassas ⓘ
theaterCommanderConfederate P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ
theaterCommanderUnion Irvin McDowell ⓘ

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First Battle of Bull Run → alsoKnownAs → First Manassas ⓘ
linked to: Manassas Campaign
First Battle of Bull Run → campaign → Manassas Campaign ⓘ
Stone Bridge (Manassas National Battlefield Park) → associatedWithEvent → Confederate defense at Bull Run ⓘ
subject linked to: Stone Bridge
linked to: Manassas Campaign
Union Army campaigns → hasPart → First Bull Run Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Manassas Campaign
Battle of Ball's Bluff → campaign → Manassas campaign aftermath operations ⓘ
linked to: Manassas Campaign
Tyler’s Division → campaign → Manassas Campaign ⓘ
Union Mills Ford → partOfCampaign → Manassas Campaign ⓘ
Blackburn’s Ford → partOfCampaign → Manassas Campaign ⓘ