![]() ![]() The primary goal in the West was to penetrate deep into the Confederate heartland, opening the way to Chattanooga and Atlanta and gaining control of the Mississippi River. ![]() While things were looking grim for the Union forces in Virginia, further west Union armies under the overall command of Gen. The Confederate victory greatly enhanced Southern confidence and morale, and indicated that the war would not be as quick and easy as previously imagined. What was expected to be a quick Union triumph, however, ended in a Union defeat as McDowell's forces were routed. This battle, called Bull Run by Northerners and Manassas by Southerners, pitted a Union force commanded by General McDowell against a Confederate army under Generals P.G.T. The first major clash of the Civil War in the East took place in July 1861, in Northern Virginia. ![]()
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