when did the first battle of bull run ended
The Battle of First Manassas (First Bull Run) Cheers rang out in the streets of Washington on July 16, 1861 as Gen. Irvin McDowellâs army, 35,000 strong, marched out to begin the long-awaited campaign to capture Richmond and end the war. It was an army of green recruits, few of whom had the faintest idea of the magnitude of the task facing them.