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There were many commanders in the First Battle of Bull Run. One of the more famous was Colonel Thomas Johnathan Jackson, a confederate leader. Jackson graduated from West Point in 1846, then began his military career in the Mexican-American War. He resigned in 1851 and became a professor, but when the Civil War started he was accepted to lead troops at the Battle of Bull Run.
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was also a southern General, but he was also a civil servant, politician, and inventor. Before the battle of Bull Run he defended Fort Sumter. Although he was a good commander, he did not have good relationships with other generals. General Beauregard was one of the few wealthy Confederate veterans due to his role in the Louisiana lottery. He died in 1893, and is buried in the tomb of the Army of Tennessee.
The final General for the Confederacy was Joseph E. Johnston. He graduated from West Point in 1829, and then joined the army. He resigned after a few years and studied civil engineering. He was also a topographer for a war ship in the Seminole War, which convinced him to rejoin the army. He then served in the Seminole and Mexican-American wars. Johnston died in 1891 of pneumonia, which he got at a funeral. He is buried in Baltimore Maryland.
The general of the Union army was Irvin Mc. Dowell. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1838. He then taught there from 1841-1845. Ironically, he taught many generals he would later face on the battlefield. He served in the Mexican-American War, and the Battle of Buena Vista. In the Battle of Bull Run, it was his first time commanding troops.

There were many commanders in the First Battle of Bull Run. One of the more famous was Colonel Thomas Johnathan Jackson...

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... the North came to watch what they thought would be an easy victory. The Confederate forces were driven back at the beginning. However Colonel Thomas Jackson held his ground, earning him the nickname “Stonewall” Jackson. However, Confederate reinforcements arrived, along with General Johnston and his 11,000 men, and after fighting defensively, the rebels flanked the Union. While they got a boost of morale and fought harder, the Union army got discouraged. People from the North realized this battle wouldn’t be as easy as they thought. McDowell retreated, but the Confederate army was too disorganized to chase after the Union. President Lincoln removed McDowell from command, and George B. McClellan replaced him. The confederates accused people for letting the Union escape. Those accused varied from Beauregard, Johnston, and Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president.

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