Bull Run

Bull Run, a small stream separating Fairfax and Prince William counties in Virginia, about 25 miles W. by S. of Washington, and giving its name to a famous American battlefield, where two battles were fought during the civil war on July 21, 1861, and August 29, 1862. In the first, the Confederate army of 22,000 men, commanded by Beauregard, with reinforcements of 8000, after a hard-fought contest, routed the Union forces, 34,000 strong, under McDowell, and drove them back on Washington with a loss of 2950 men. The Confederates' loss was 1652. In the second battle, the Union forces of 49,000 men, under Pope, were defeated by Longstreet, with 32,000 men, and T. J. Jackson, with 23,000. The Union loss was 11,000, that of the Confederates 7241. See UNITED STATES.