THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN The very first manassa known as the Battle of Bull Run began on July 21, 1861 in Fairfax County and Prince William County, Virginia. This battle was between the Confederates and the unions. The Confederate leader's name was Irvin Mcdowell and the Union leader was Joseph E Johnston. The estimated total number of victims was approximately 4,878. UNIONS KILLED OR WOUNDED DURING THE WAR During the beginning of the war the union had approximately 28,450 soldiers and all 28,450 soldiers were poorly trained due to lack of marksmanship and experience. Of the 28,450 soldiers there were 460 killed during the war, and 1,124 were wounded during the war, 1,312 were missing and captured for a total of 2,896 killed during the war or simply died from wounds or infections. THE CONFEDERATES KILLED OR WOODENDDuring the beginning of the war the Confederates had approximately 32,230 poorly trained soldiers out of 32,230 soldiers there were 387 killed, 1582 wounded, 13 missing or captured for a total of 1,982 killed or wounded or captured.THE BEGINNING OF THE BATTLEDuring the Battle of Bull Run Confederate troops held Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. The battle did not begin until they began fighting in Virginia, just a few miles from Washington DC, on July 21, 1861. They had led President Lincoln of the time pushed a cautious Bridget. At this time the PGT General had maintained a relatively strong position with the running of the bulls just northeast of the Battle of Junction. On July 21, 1861, two generals planned to outflank their opponents on the left and get behind them to eliminate them. The Confederates were planning to do several things such as communications, but they had all failed due to... middle of paper...a John Pope became very convinced that he and the troops had trapped the Confederate Army by having the Confederate Army turns against its leader who was Stonewall Jackson. On August 29, Pope had decided to launch a series of assaults against Stonewall Jackson and his Confederate army positioned along the unfinished railroad. The attacks were repelled by both sides, with very heavy losses. At 12:00 a longstreet came onto the field from a gap and took up position on Stonewall Jackson's position on his right flank. During the rest of the battle of the Second War of the Battle of Bull Run, Stonewall Jackson and his troops had fought hard throughout the battle and in the end he was respected by the troops and was rewarded by winning the Second Battle of Bull Run. . Since the Unions, John Pope and his army had lost to the Confederacy.