Confederate General PT Beauregard commanded the Army of the Potomac and General Joseph Johnston commanded the Army of the Shenandoah at the first Battle of Bull Run.
The First Battle of Bull Run / Manassas Junction was in July, 1861.
The First Battle of Manassas as it was known in the South, or First Battle of Bull Run in the North.
While Confederate General Robert E. Lee was engaged in the Second Battle of Bull Run, Confederate General Kirby Smith entered Kentucky from Tennessee. He surprised and captured a group of Union recruits at Richmond, Kentucky.
General Robert e. Lee
Confederate General PT Beauregard commanded the Army of the Potomac and General Joseph Johnston commanded the Army of the Shenandoah at the first Battle of Bull Run.
At the first Battle of Bull Run the Confederate commanders were PT Beauregard and Joseph A. Johnston. At the second Battle of Bull Run the top Confederate commander was General Robert E. Lee.
The number of Confederate soldiers engaged in the 1861 First Battle of Bull Run were 32,000 men. PT Beauregard commanded 22,000 troops and was reinforced with General Johnston's 10,000 troops.
The Confederate Army led by General P.G.T. Beauregard defeated the Federal Army at First Bull Run.
General Pope (Union) and General Lee (Confederate).
The Union commander was General McDowell. The Confederate commander was General Beuregard.
The First Battle of Bull Run aka First Battle of Manassas.
First Battle of Bull Run - 32-34,000 Second Battle of Bull Run - 50,000
General Pierre Beauregard and Joseph Johnston.
The tactical plan of battle that General McDowell planned to use at the first Battle of Bull Run was one called a "turning" maneuver. The idea was to use part of his forces in an attempt to outflank the Confederate forces. This plan was approved by General Winfield Scott.
First Bull Run
The main Confederate commander at the second battle of Bull Run was Robert E. Lee. He was assisted by among others by Generals Longstreet and Jackson.