At the First Battle of Bull Run

question 66

Multiple Choice

At the first Battle of Bull Run:

• A) spectators from the city came with picnic baskets to watch.
• B) the Union won a smashing victory.
• C) both sides suffered more casualties than they did in any other single day during the war.
• D) the Confederates swept northward and briefly captured Washington,D.C.
• E) General Grant made a name for himself.

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