irvin mcdowell was the union army military commander involved in the bull run battle.
which union army military commanders were involved in the bull run battle?
irvin mcdowell
the first battle of bull run, on july 21, 1861, was the first major land battle of the war. until this time, the north was generally confident about its prospects for quickly crushing the rebellion with an easy, direct strike against the confederate capital at richmond, virginia. the embarrassing rout of brig. gen. irvin mcdowell's army during the battle made clear the fallacy of this viewpoint. many northerners were shocked and realized that the war was going to be much lengthier and bloodier than they had anticipated. it steeled their determination. if confederates had hoped before this that they could sap northern willpower and quietly slip away from the union with a minor military investment, their victory at bull run, ironically, destroyed those hopes. lincoln immediately signed legislation that increased the union army by 500,000 men and allowed for their terms of service to last the duration of the war. congress quickly passed the confiscation act of 1861, which declared that if a slave holder used his slaves to support the confederacy he would forfeit his right to them. while the status of the slaves was unclear at the time (they were held as war contraband until the emancipation proclamation), this was the first legislative step toward defining the war as a matter of ending slavery.
turning point of the american civil war
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bull run or bullrun may refer to:





















































section::::military.





















































bullet::::- first battle of bull run (first manassas), 1861, the first major battle of the american civil war





















































bullet::::- second battle of bull run (second manassas), 1862, a later battle also at bull run





















































bullet::::- operation bull run, a military operation of the iraq war and part of operation marne torch





















































bullet::::- bullrun (decryption program), a secret anti-encryption program run by the us national security agency (nsa)





















































bullet::::- usns "bull run" (t-ao-156), an oil tanker





















































section::::places in the united states.





















































section::::places in the united states.:virginia.
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