Definition of Battle of bull run

1. Noun. Either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles.

Exact synonyms: Bull Run
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Group relationships: American Civil War, United States Civil War, War Between The States
Geographical relationships: Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, Va, Virginia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Bull Run

Bats
Batson's plexus
Batswana
Batt
Batten-Mayou disease
Battenberg
Battenberg cake
Battenberg cakes
Battenberger
Battenbergers
Battey bacillus
Battle Born State
Battle of Alberta
Battle of Britain
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of El Alamein
Battle of Flodden Field
Battle of Fontenoy
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Granicus River
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Jena
Battle of Kerbala
Battle of Lake Trasimenus
Battle of Lepanto
Battle of Little Bighorn
Battle of Magenta
Battle of Maldon

Literary usage of Battle of bull run

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1864)
"LEVI, killed at the battle of Bull Run. Born in the village of Blackstone, Mass., August 18, 1835. He took a thorough classical course in the University ..."

2. The New England Magazine by Making of America Project (1895)
"AT THE battle of bull run WITH THE SECOND NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. ... What I saw of the first, battle of Bull Run forms the subject of this article. ..."

3. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1899)
"The loss, too, in materiel at the Second Battle of Bull Run was large.1 Commanding generals rarely own to discomfiture, and Pope was no exception to the ..."

4. The Life of Lyman Trumbull by Horace White (1913)
"CHAPTER X BULL RUN— THE CONFISCATION ACT IN company with other Senators, Trumbull went to the battle of Bull Run, July 21,1861. ..."

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