Talk:First Battle of Bull Run
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Yes, it's the 21st. The 16-22 range includes the pre- and post-maneuvering, which a longer article would presumably explain. Stan 07:50 22 Jul 2003 (UTC)
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Naming Convention
My understanding was that the naming convention for battles was the opposite of the convention described in this article, i.e. that the Confederacy named battles after natural features and bodies of water, while the Union named battles after towns and cities. However, finding a good answer to this question on the Web is harder than it should be.
- No. In general, where there are alternate names for battles, the Confederacy tended to use the name of the nearest town, and the Federals tended to use natural features such as streams. Thus, the two battles near Manassas Junction were known by the name of Manassas in the South and by Bull Run in the North. Another prominent example is the Battle of Antietam, which is so named in the North, but in the South was known by the name Sharpsburg. The National Park Service, which administers numerous Civil War battle sites, typically follows the convention of naming the battlefield parks it operates by the name that the victorious side in a battle used. (E.g., Manassas National Battlefield Park is the site of two Southern victories, the First and Second Battles of Manassas.)RBrown 00:17, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
